The Last Essays of EliaJ.M. Dent and Company, 1903 - 277 pages |
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... passed by the side of the mother who needed her services night and day - it was an ordeal to have broken the strength of a man , or fretted , in time , the nerves of any woman into an insanity . And when Mary was a little girl , had not ...
... passed by the side of the mother who needed her services night and day - it was an ordeal to have broken the strength of a man , or fretted , in time , the nerves of any woman into an insanity . And when Mary was a little girl , had not ...
Page 250
... passed you on such or such a day — having in his company one that you conceived worse than ambiguously disposed towards you , -passed you in the street without notice . To be sure he is something short - sighted ; and it was in your ...
... passed you on such or such a day — having in his company one that you conceived worse than ambiguously disposed towards you , -passed you in the street without notice . To be sure he is something short - sighted ; and it was in your ...
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... passed , and this lapse of time having permitted him to prove the taste of his Eternity , he sends off to the " London Magazine a continua- tion of the Essay . This part begins with the words " A fortnight has passed , " and was ...
... passed , and this lapse of time having permitted him to prove the taste of his Eternity , he sends off to the " London Magazine a continua- tion of the Essay . This part begins with the words " A fortnight has passed , " and was ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | x |
HeadpieceBlakesmoor | 5 |
The terror of luckless poacher | 13 |
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