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... hear it , he could only obtain part of the Irish Adam's answers , and supplemented the rest , as in the letter . The passage has been " repeatedly quoted ; exclusively , however , by that portion THE SECOND EDITION . ix To his Sister ...
... hear it , he could only obtain part of the Irish Adam's answers , and supplemented the rest , as in the letter . The passage has been " repeatedly quoted ; exclusively , however , by that portion THE SECOND EDITION . ix To his Sister ...
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... hear you grumble out , with your mouth full and your spoon going , that you have not enough for yourself ! Well , well , a week or two hence will do ; eat away just now ; but I promise you I shall be surprised and disappointed if other ...
... hear you grumble out , with your mouth full and your spoon going , that you have not enough for yourself ! Well , well , a week or two hence will do ; eat away just now ; but I promise you I shall be surprised and disappointed if other ...
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... hear . So young W is really applying to his profession in earnest . As it was said of some pope ( Leo X. , if I recollect ) , that he would have been an excellent man if he had had but the slightest tinc- ture of religion , and of ...
... hear . So young W is really applying to his profession in earnest . As it was said of some pope ( Leo X. , if I recollect ) , that he would have been an excellent man if he had had but the slightest tinc- ture of religion , and of ...
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... hear of such a thing as depriving me of a particle of it . Not to be outdone in politeness , and determined that I would not greedily appropriate so rare a delicacy to myself , I , with much moderation of mind , contented myself with ...
... hear of such a thing as depriving me of a particle of it . Not to be outdone in politeness , and determined that I would not greedily appropriate so rare a delicacy to myself , I , with much moderation of mind , contented myself with ...
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... hear her lost darling say - " Sweet mother , I was taken from you for a little while , only that I might abide with you for ever ! " - Remember Coleridge's " Epitaph on an Infant , " and let it con- sole you : " Ere Sin could blight or ...
... hear her lost darling say - " Sweet mother , I was taken from you for a little while , only that I might abide with you for ever ! " - Remember Coleridge's " Epitaph on an Infant , " and let it con- sole you : " Ere Sin could blight or ...
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