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Page viii
... less vent to his most inward feelings , and expresses his own story modestly ? My late friend was in many respects a singular character . Those who did not like him , hated him ; and some , who once liked him , afterwards became his ...
... less vent to his most inward feelings , and expresses his own story modestly ? My late friend was in many respects a singular character . Those who did not like him , hated him ; and some , who once liked him , afterwards became his ...
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... less earnest vindicate to myself the family trappings of this once proud Egon ? -repaying by a backward triumph the in- sults he might possibly have heaped in his lifetime upon my poor pastoral progenitor . If it were presumption so to ...
... less earnest vindicate to myself the family trappings of this once proud Egon ? -repaying by a backward triumph the in- sults he might possibly have heaped in his lifetime upon my poor pastoral progenitor . If it were presumption so to ...
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... less diffidence . With half the fami- liarity he might pass for a casual dependent ; with more boldness he would be in no danger of being taken for what he is . He is too humble for a friend , yet taketh on him more state than befits a ...
... less diffidence . With half the fami- liarity he might pass for a casual dependent ; with more boldness he would be in no danger of being taken for what he is . He is too humble for a friend , yet taketh on him more state than befits a ...
Page 17
... less important differences . Once only I saw the old gentleman really ruffled , and I remembered with anguish the thought that came over me : " Perhaps he will never come here again . " He had been pressed to take another plate of the ...
... less important differences . Once only I saw the old gentleman really ruffled , and I remembered with anguish the thought that came over me : " Perhaps he will never come here again . " He had been pressed to take another plate of the ...
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... less than absolute truth . ' Tis the same with dramatic illusion . We confess we love in comedy to see an audience naturalised be- hind the scenes , taken into the interest of the drama , welcomed as by - standers however . There is ...
... less than absolute truth . ' Tis the same with dramatic illusion . We confess we love in comedy to see an audience naturalised be- hind the scenes , taken into the interest of the drama , welcomed as by - standers however . There is ...
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