The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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Page 196
... poor creature ; he has not a rag to cover etc .; though this last , we confess , is more frequently applied by females to females . They do not perceive that the satire glances upon them- selves . A poor man , of all the things in the ...
... poor creature ; he has not a rag to cover etc .; though this last , we confess , is more frequently applied by females to females . They do not perceive that the satire glances upon them- selves . A poor man , of all the things in the ...
Page 197
... poor are not quite such servile imitators as they take them for . Some of them are very clever artists in their way . Here and there we find an original . Who taught the poor to steal , to pilfer ? They did not go to the great for ...
... poor are not quite such servile imitators as they take them for . Some of them are very clever artists in their way . Here and there we find an original . Who taught the poor to steal , to pilfer ? They did not go to the great for ...
Page 214
... poor babe was thin , unnourish- ing ; the return to its little baby - tricks , and efforts to engage attention , bitter ceaseless ob- jurgation . It never had a toy , or knew what a coral meant . It grew up without the lullaby of nurses ...
... poor babe was thin , unnourish- ing ; the return to its little baby - tricks , and efforts to engage attention , bitter ceaseless ob- jurgation . It never had a toy , or knew what a coral meant . It grew up without the lullaby of nurses ...
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