The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 94
... fancy , in a Tragedy by Sir Robert Howard , speaking of a friend's death : — " Twas but just now he went away ; I have not since had time to shed a tear ; And yet the distance does the same appear As if he had been a thousand years from ...
... fancy , in a Tragedy by Sir Robert Howard , speaking of a friend's death : — " Twas but just now he went away ; I have not since had time to shed a tear ; And yet the distance does the same appear As if he had been a thousand years from ...
Page 146
... fancy which charmed the whole town at the commencement of the present century . Even the pre- lusive delicacies of the present writer - the curt " Astræan allusion " —would be thought pedantic and out of date , in these days . From the ...
... fancy which charmed the whole town at the commencement of the present century . Even the pre- lusive delicacies of the present writer - the curt " Astræan allusion " —would be thought pedantic and out of date , in these days . From the ...
Page 157
... fancy of Belshazzar , that his single brain was troubled . Not a word is spoken of its being seen by any else there present , not even by the queen herself , who merely undertakes for the interpretation of the phenomenon , as related to ...
... fancy of Belshazzar , that his single brain was troubled . Not a word is spoken of its being seen by any else there present , not even by the queen herself , who merely undertakes for the interpretation of the phenomenon , as related to ...
Page 183
... fancy may have leave to sport and air itself , I will hope , without presumption . Methought - what wild things dreams are ! -I was present at what would you imagine ? -at an angel's gossiping . Whence it came , or how it came , or who ...
... fancy may have leave to sport and air itself , I will hope , without presumption . Methought - what wild things dreams are ! -I was present at what would you imagine ? -at an angel's gossiping . Whence it came , or how it came , or who ...
Page 199
... fancy I certainly possessed a larger share than my companions . Encouraged by their applause , I set up for a professed joker ! I , who of all men am least fitted for such an occupation , having , in addition to the greatest difficulty ...
... fancy I certainly possessed a larger share than my companions . Encouraged by their applause , I set up for a professed joker ! I , who of all men am least fitted for such an occupation , having , in addition to the greatest difficulty ...
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