The Last Essays of EliaG. Routledge & sons, 1880 - 119 pages |
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Page 27
... person two damsels fair , who had come into the shop ostensibly to inquire for some new publi- cation , but in reality to have a sight of the illustrious shopman , hoping some conference . With what an air did he reach down the volume ...
... person two damsels fair , who had come into the shop ostensibly to inquire for some new publi- cation , but in reality to have a sight of the illustrious shopman , hoping some conference . With what an air did he reach down the volume ...
Page 54
... person of and night , from his little watch- the patient . Life meantime was tower , at the Middleton's Head , ebbing fast away , amidst the stifle he listeneth to detect the wrecks of conflicting judgments , when of drowned mortality ...
... person of and night , from his little watch- the patient . Life meantime was tower , at the Middleton's Head , ebbing fast away , amidst the stifle he listeneth to detect the wrecks of conflicting judgments , when of drowned mortality ...
Page 100
... person ; the pert look of the inquiring scholar , the desponding looks of the puzzled porter ; the one stopping at leisure , the other hurrying on with his burden ; the innocent though rather abrupt ten- dency of the first member of the ...
... person ; the pert look of the inquiring scholar , the desponding looks of the puzzled porter ; the one stopping at leisure , the other hurrying on with his burden ; the innocent though rather abrupt ten- dency of the first member of the ...
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