The Essays of EliaDent, 1923 - 294 pages |
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Page 19
... tender years , barely turned of seven ; and had only read of such things in books , or seen them but in dreams . I was told he had run away . This was the punishment for the first offence . - As a novice I was soon after taken to see ...
... tender years , barely turned of seven ; and had only read of such things in books , or seen them but in dreams . I was told he had run away . This was the punishment for the first offence . - As a novice I was soon after taken to see ...
Page 32
... tender regrets for the decease of its predecessor . But I am none of those who- Welcome the coming , speed the parting guest . I am naturally , beforehand , shy of novelties ; new books , new faces , new years , -from some mental twist ...
... tender regrets for the decease of its predecessor . But I am none of those who- Welcome the coming , speed the parting guest . I am naturally , beforehand , shy of novelties ; new books , new faces , new years , -from some mental twist ...
Page 50
... tender shins of his apprehen- sion stumbling across them . Master Stephen , you are late . - Ha ! Cokes , is it you ? — Aguecheek , my dear knight , let me pay my devoir to you . -Master Shallow , your worship's poor servant to com ...
... tender shins of his apprehen- sion stumbling across them . Master Stephen , you are late . - Ha ! Cokes , is it you ? — Aguecheek , my dear knight , let me pay my devoir to you . -Master Shallow , your worship's poor servant to com ...
Page 62
... tender age there is a kind of poetry , far unlike the harsh prose - accents of man's con- versation . I should but spoil their sport , and diminish my own sympathy for them , by mingling in their pastime . --- I would not be ...
... tender age there is a kind of poetry , far unlike the harsh prose - accents of man's con- versation . I should but spoil their sport , and diminish my own sympathy for them , by mingling in their pastime . --- I would not be ...
Page 73
... tender- ness towards some of these faces - or rather masks - that have looked out kindly upon one in casual encounters in the streets and highways . I love what Fuller beautifully calls - these " images of God cut in ebony . " But I ...
... tender- ness towards some of these faces - or rather masks - that have looked out kindly upon one in casual encounters in the streets and highways . I love what Fuller beautifully calls - these " images of God cut in ebony . " But I ...
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