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... passion uttered by another , oftentimes gives blame . 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 ...
... passion uttered by another , oftentimes gives blame . 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 ...
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... passion than envy : and contemplations on the great and good , whom we fancy in succession to have been its inhabitants , weave for us illusions , incompatible with the bustle of modern occupancy , and vanities of foolish pre- sent ...
... passion than envy : and contemplations on the great and good , whom we fancy in succession to have been its inhabitants , weave for us illusions , incompatible with the bustle of modern occupancy , and vanities of foolish pre- sent ...
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... passion of fear ; and a sneak- ing curiosity , terror - tainted , to hold communica- tion with the past . - How shall they build it up again ? It was an old deserted place , yet not so long deserted but that traces of the splendour of ...
... passion of fear ; and a sneak- ing curiosity , terror - tainted , to hold communica- tion with the past . - How shall they build it up again ? It was an old deserted place , yet not so long deserted but that traces of the splendour of ...
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... passion for the place possessed me in those years , that , though there lay - I shame to say how few roods distant from the mansion -- half hid by trees , what I judged some romantic lake , such was the spell which bound me to the house ...
... passion for the place possessed me in those years , that , though there lay - I shame to say how few roods distant from the mansion -- half hid by trees , what I judged some romantic lake , such was the spell which bound me to the house ...
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... passionate devotion to the place , with a profound aversion from the society . The servitor's gown ( worse than his school array ) clung to him with Nessian venom . He thought himself ridiculous in a garb , under which Latimer must have ...
... passionate devotion to the place , with a profound aversion from the society . The servitor's gown ( worse than his school array ) clung to him with Nessian venom . He thought himself ridiculous in a garb , under which Latimer must have ...
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