The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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Page 128
... turn ; endless , hopeless meanders , as it seemed ; or as if the jealous waters had dodged us , reluctant to have the hum- ble spot of their nativity revealed ; till spent , and nigh famished , before set of the same sun , we sat down ...
... turn ; endless , hopeless meanders , as it seemed ; or as if the jealous waters had dodged us , reluctant to have the hum- ble spot of their nativity revealed ; till spent , and nigh famished , before set of the same sun , we sat down ...
Page 145
... turn over with antiquarian cool- ness the pots and pans of Pompeii . " Sun , stand thou still upon Gibeon , and thou , Moon , in the valley of Ajalon . " Who , in reading this magnificent Hebraism , in his conception , sees aught but ...
... turn over with antiquarian cool- ness the pots and pans of Pompeii . " Sun , stand thou still upon Gibeon , and thou , Moon , in the valley of Ajalon . " Who , in reading this magnificent Hebraism , in his conception , sees aught but ...
Page 204
... turn given by a little false pronunciation , to a very common , though not very courteous , inquiry . Put by one gentle- man to another at a dinner party , it would have been vapid ; to the mistress of the house , it would have shown ...
... turn given by a little false pronunciation , to a very common , though not very courteous , inquiry . Put by one gentle- man to another at a dinner party , it would have been vapid ; to the mistress of the house , it would have shown ...
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