The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 41
... knew Elliston , will know the manner in which he pronounced the latter sentence of the few words I am about to record . One proud day to me he took his roast mutton with us in the Temple , to which I had superadded a preliminary haddock ...
... knew Elliston , will know the manner in which he pronounced the latter sentence of the few words I am about to record . One proud day to me he took his roast mutton with us in the Temple , to which I had superadded a preliminary haddock ...
Page 50
... knew a Unitarian minister , who was generally to be seen upon Snow - hill ( as yet Skinner's - street was not ) , between the hours of ten and eleven in the morning , studying a volume of Lardner . I own this to have been a strain of ...
... knew a Unitarian minister , who was generally to be seen upon Snow - hill ( as yet Skinner's - street was not ) , between the hours of ten and eleven in the morning , studying a volume of Lardner . I own this to have been a strain of ...
Page 108
... were in fact in the very teeth of starvation , when the manager , who knew and respected them in better days , took the little Barbara into his company . At the period I commenced with , her slender earnings 108 BARBARA S.
... were in fact in the very teeth of starvation , when the manager , who knew and respected them in better days , took the little Barbara into his company . At the period I commenced with , her slender earnings 108 BARBARA S.
Page 135
... knew - who knew not Astrophel ? ( That I should live to say I knew , And have not in possession still ! ) — Things known permit me to renew— Of him you know his merit such , I cannot say you hear - too much . Within these woods of ...
... knew - who knew not Astrophel ? ( That I should live to say I knew , And have not in possession still ! ) — Things known permit me to renew— Of him you know his merit such , I cannot say you hear - too much . Within these woods of ...
Page 181
... knew whether to take their leaves or stay . We seemed assembled upon a silly occasion . In this crisis , betwixt tarrying and departure , I must do justice to a foolish talent of mine , which had otherwise like to have brought me into ...
... knew whether to take their leaves or stay . We seemed assembled upon a silly occasion . In this crisis , betwixt tarrying and departure , I must do justice to a foolish talent of mine , which had otherwise like to have brought me into ...
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