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... forces this upon our atten- tion . We do not make this as a complaint against either of these distinguished writers , but merely point out the fact to the attention of our readers . With this preliminary observation we shall enter upon ...
... forces this upon our atten- tion . We do not make this as a complaint against either of these distinguished writers , but merely point out the fact to the attention of our readers . With this preliminary observation we shall enter upon ...
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... force a way for themselves through the tangled thicket of those vague desires which invariably predicate the poetical mind . Proud of the achievement this path is retrod , and when the charm of novelty has died away , the momentum which ...
... force a way for themselves through the tangled thicket of those vague desires which invariably predicate the poetical mind . Proud of the achievement this path is retrod , and when the charm of novelty has died away , the momentum which ...
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... force and beauty of the opening scenes . Still , in these attempts , even a failure is more glorious than the successful achievement of count- less sketches , which have nothing to recommend them beyond the carefulness of their finish ...
... force and beauty of the opening scenes . Still , in these attempts , even a failure is more glorious than the successful achievement of count- less sketches , which have nothing to recommend them beyond the carefulness of their finish ...
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... force that was too much weakened to over- come the resistance he met . Tom looked around him for a rope , but all had gone over with the spars , or been swept away by the At this moment of disappointment his eyes met those of waves ...
... force that was too much weakened to over- come the resistance he met . Tom looked around him for a rope , but all had gone over with the spars , or been swept away by the At this moment of disappointment his eyes met those of waves ...
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... force , and was instantly at their side . Two men passed into the boat of Antonio , and with officious zeal assisted the monk to resume his place in that of the republic . " Is the penitent shrived ? ' half whispered one , seemingly the ...
... force , and was instantly at their side . Two men passed into the boat of Antonio , and with officious zeal assisted the monk to resume his place in that of the republic . " Is the penitent shrived ? ' half whispered one , seemingly the ...
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