The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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Page 48
... heard " ( his customary exordium ) " have you heard , " said he , " how they treat me ? they put me in comedy . " Thought I - but his finger on his lips forbade any verbal interruption- " where could they have put you better . " Then ...
... heard " ( his customary exordium ) " have you heard , " said he , " how they treat me ? they put me in comedy . " Thought I - but his finger on his lips forbade any verbal interruption- " where could they have put you better . " Then ...
Page 57
... heard the bell of dinner ring without stirring ; and when some of us pulled out our private stores , our cold meat and our salads , -he produced none and seemed to want none . Only a solitary biscuit he had laid in ; provision for the ...
... heard the bell of dinner ring without stirring ; and when some of us pulled out our private stores , our cold meat and our salads , -he produced none and seemed to want none . Only a solitary biscuit he had laid in ; provision for the ...
Page 103
... heard her say , was revealed to her , -a reason above reasoning , -and without her own agency , as it seemed ( for she never felt her feet to move ) , she found herself transported back to the individual desk she had just quitted , and ...
... heard her say , was revealed to her , -a reason above reasoning , -and without her own agency , as it seemed ( for she never felt her feet to move ) , she found herself transported back to the individual desk she had just quitted , and ...
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