The Last Essays of EliaG. Routledge & sons, 1880 - 119 pages |
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... never ate but one dish at dinner . " I too never eat but one thing at dinner ” " And how dare you , " said her manager , assuming a censorial severity , which would have crushed the confidence of a Vestris , and disarmed that beautiful ...
... never ate but one dish at dinner . " I too never eat but one thing at dinner ” " And how dare you , " said her manager , assuming a censorial severity , which would have crushed the confidence of a Vestris , and disarmed that beautiful ...
Page 94
... never strong , but I think my constitu- tion ( for a weak one ) was as happily exempt from the tendency to any malady as it was possible to be . I scarce knew what it was to ail anything . Now , except when I am losing myself in a sea ...
... never strong , but I think my constitu- tion ( for a weak one ) was as happily exempt from the tendency to any malady as it was possible to be . I scarce knew what it was to ail anything . Now , except when I am losing myself in a sea ...
Page 107
... never prattles . Had we not reason to say , that the home of the very poor is no home ? There is yet another home , which we are constrained to deny to be one . It has a larder , which the home of the poor man wants ; its fire - side ...
... never prattles . Had we not reason to say , that the home of the very poor is no home ? There is yet another home , which we are constrained to deny to be one . It has a larder , which the home of the poor man wants ; its fire - side ...
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