The Last Essays of EliaG. Routledge & sons, 1880 - 119 pages |
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... better condition could we desire to see them in ? In some respects the better a book is , the less it demands from binding . Fielding , Smollett , Sterne , and all that class of per- petually self - reproductive volumes -Great Nature's ...
... better condition could we desire to see them in ? In some respects the better a book is , the less it demands from binding . Fielding , Smollett , Sterne , and all that class of per- petually self - reproductive volumes -Great Nature's ...
Page 25
... better than a county gaol , for- sooth , or some house of durance the fetters . Thou knewest better than to be in a hurry to cast off those gyves ; and had notice to quit , I fear , before thou wert quite ready to abandon this fleshy ...
... better than a county gaol , for- sooth , or some house of durance the fetters . Thou knewest better than to be in a hurry to cast off those gyves ; and had notice to quit , I fear , before thou wert quite ready to abandon this fleshy ...
Page 88
... better to the weak ears of the imperfect - born . And , with the noise of those subdued sound- ings , the Angelet sprang forth , fluttering its rudiments of pinions --but forthwith flagged and was recovered into the arms of those full ...
... better to the weak ears of the imperfect - born . And , with the noise of those subdued sound- ings , the Angelet sprang forth , fluttering its rudiments of pinions --but forthwith flagged and was recovered into the arms of those full ...
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