The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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... LATE ELIA . THIS poor gentleman , who for some months past has been in declining way , hath at length paid his final tribute to nature . The To say truth , it is time he were gone . humor of the thing , if ever there were much in it ...
... LATE ELIA . THIS poor gentleman , who for some months past has been in declining way , hath at length paid his final tribute to nature . The To say truth , it is time he were gone . humor of the thing , if ever there were much in it ...
Page 4
... late friend was in many respects a singular character . Those who did not like him , hated him ; and some , who once liked him , afterwards became his bitterest haters . The truth is , he gave himself too little concern what he uttered ...
... late friend was in many respects a singular character . Those who did not like him , hated him ; and some , who once liked him , afterwards became his bitterest haters . The truth is , he gave himself too little concern what he uttered ...
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... late had been deficient in point . The one in question , it must be owned , had an air , in the opening especially , proper to awaken curiosity ; and the sentiment , or moral , wears the aspect of humanity and good neighborly feeling ...
... late had been deficient in point . The one in question , it must be owned , had an air , in the opening especially , proper to awaken curiosity ; and the sentiment , or moral , wears the aspect of humanity and good neighborly feeling ...
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