The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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Page 14
... least reason to complain . They had long forsaken the old house of their fathers for a newer trifle ; and I was left to appropriate to myself what images I could pick up , to raise my fancy , or to sooth my vanity . I was the true ...
... least reason to complain . They had long forsaken the old house of their fathers for a newer trifle ; and I was left to appropriate to myself what images I could pick up , to raise my fancy , or to sooth my vanity . I was the true ...
Page 30
... least - than that of Milton or of Shakespeare ? It may be that the latter are more staled and rung upon in com- mon discourse . The sweetest names , and which carry a perfume in the mention , are Kit Marlowe , Drayton , Drummond of ...
... least - than that of Milton or of Shakespeare ? It may be that the latter are more staled and rung upon in com- mon discourse . The sweetest names , and which carry a perfume in the mention , are Kit Marlowe , Drayton , Drummond of ...
Page 117
... least the cooling touch of time , the circum præcordia frigus , must not have so damped our faculties , as to take away our recollection that we were once so - be- fore we can duly appreciate the glorious vani- ties , and graceful ...
... least the cooling touch of time , the circum præcordia frigus , must not have so damped our faculties , as to take away our recollection that we were once so - be- fore we can duly appreciate the glorious vani- ties , and graceful ...
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