The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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... common manifested towards him , would venture now and then to stand up against him in some argument , touching their youthful days . The houses of the ancient city of Lincoln are divid- ed ( as most of my readers know ) between the ...
... common manifested towards him , would venture now and then to stand up against him in some argument , touching their youthful days . The houses of the ancient city of Lincoln are divid- ed ( as most of my readers know ) between the ...
Page 94
... common cane ; nor a blue ribbon bind up a wound so well as a fillet . The glitter of gold or of dia- monds will but hurt sore eyes instead of curing them ; and an aching head will be no more eased by wearing a crown than a common ...
... common cane ; nor a blue ribbon bind up a wound so well as a fillet . The glitter of gold or of dia- monds will but hurt sore eyes instead of curing them ; and an aching head will be no more eased by wearing a crown than a common ...
Page 204
... common , though not very courteous , inquiry . Put by one gentle- man to another at a dinner party , it would have been vapid ; to the mistress of the house , it would have shown much less wit than rudeness . We must take in the ...
... common , though not very courteous , inquiry . Put by one gentle- man to another at a dinner party , it would have been vapid ; to the mistress of the house , it would have shown much less wit than rudeness . We must take in the ...
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