The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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Charles Lamb. of seven uneasy days , spent in restless pursuit of pleasure , and a wearisome anxiety to find out how to make the most of them ? Where was the quiet , where the promised rest ? Before I had a taste of it , it was vanished ...
Charles Lamb. of seven uneasy days , spent in restless pursuit of pleasure , and a wearisome anxiety to find out how to make the most of them ? Where was the quiet , where the promised rest ? Before I had a taste of it , it was vanished ...
Page 85
... pleasure ; I let it come to me . I am like the man that's born , and has his years come to him , In some green desert . " Years ! " you will say ; " what is this super- annuated simpleton calculating upon ? He has already told us he is ...
... pleasure ; I let it come to me . I am like the man that's born , and has his years come to him , In some green desert . " Years ! " you will say ; " what is this super- annuated simpleton calculating upon ? He has already told us he is ...
Page 89
... pleasure with me to Windsor this fine May morning . It is Lucretian pleasure to behold the poor drudges , whom I have left behind in the world , carking and caring ; like horses in a mill , drudging on in the same eternal round - and ...
... pleasure with me to Windsor this fine May morning . It is Lucretian pleasure to behold the poor drudges , whom I have left behind in the world , carking and caring ; like horses in a mill , drudging on in the same eternal round - and ...
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