The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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... thought unworthy of him . In our walks about his sub- urban retreat ( as he called it ) at Shacklewell , some children belonging to a school of industry had met us , and bowed and curtseyed , as he thought , in an especial manner to him ...
... thought unworthy of him . In our walks about his sub- urban retreat ( as he called it ) at Shacklewell , some children belonging to a school of industry had met us , and bowed and curtseyed , as he thought , in an especial manner to him ...
Page 83
... thought now my time is surely come , I have done for myself , I am going to be told that they have no longer occasion for me . L- I could see , smiled at the terror I was in , which was a little relief to me , -when to my utter ...
... thought now my time is surely come , I have done for myself , I am going to be told that they have no longer occasion for me . L- I could see , smiled at the terror I was in , which was a little relief to me , -when to my utter ...
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... thought of it as something which concerned grown - up people , men and women . She had never known tempta- tion , or thought of preparing resistance against it . Her first impulse was to go back to the old treasurer , and explain to him ...
... thought of it as something which concerned grown - up people , men and women . She had never known tempta- tion , or thought of preparing resistance against it . Her first impulse was to go back to the old treasurer , and explain to him ...
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