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Page vii
... pretty well exhausted ; and a two years ' and a half existence has been a tolerable duration for a phantom . I am now at liberty to confess , that much which I have heard objected to my late friend's writings was well - founded . Crude ...
... pretty well exhausted ; and a two years ' and a half existence has been a tolerable duration for a phantom . I am now at liberty to confess , that much which I have heard objected to my late friend's writings was well - founded . Crude ...
Page 4
... pretty brawling brook had been the Lacus Incognitus of my in- fancy . Variegated views , extensive prospects— and those at no great distance from the house - I was told of such - what were they to me , being out of the boundaries of my ...
... pretty brawling brook had been the Lacus Incognitus of my in- fancy . Variegated views , extensive prospects— and those at no great distance from the house - I was told of such - what were they to me , being out of the boundaries of my ...
Page 49
... pretty sure of his com- pany . Not many rich , not many wise , or learned , composed at that time the common stowage of a Margate packet . We were , I am afraid , a set of as unseasoned Londoners ( let our enemies give it a II . E THE ...
... pretty sure of his com- pany . Not many rich , not many wise , or learned , composed at that time the common stowage of a Margate packet . We were , I am afraid , a set of as unseasoned Londoners ( let our enemies give it a II . E THE ...
Page 57
... pretty creatures ( I know they have not the courage to confess it themselves ) how gladly would they exchange their sea - side rambles for a Sunday walk on the green - sward of their accus- tomed Twickenham meadows ! • I would ask of ...
... pretty creatures ( I know they have not the courage to confess it themselves ) how gladly would they exchange their sea - side rambles for a Sunday walk on the green - sward of their accus- tomed Twickenham meadows ! • I would ask of ...
Page 58
... waters of my natural river . I would ex- change these sea - gulls for swans , and scud a swallow for ever about the banks of Thamesis . " THE CONVALESCENT . PRETTY severe fit of indisposition which , 58 THE OLD MARGATE HOY .
... waters of my natural river . I would ex- change these sea - gulls for swans , and scud a swallow for ever about the banks of Thamesis . " THE CONVALESCENT . PRETTY severe fit of indisposition which , 58 THE OLD MARGATE HOY .
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