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Page 33
... knew not the essential greatness of the man whom they disparage . It was my fortune to encounter him near St. Dunstan's Church ( which , with its punctual giants , is now no more than dust and a shadow ) , on the morning of his election ...
... knew not the essential greatness of the man whom they disparage . It was my fortune to encounter him near St. Dunstan's Church ( which , with its punctual giants , is now no more than dust and a shadow ) , on the morning of his election ...
Page 35
... 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 pre- liminary ...
... 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 pre- liminary ...
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... knew a Uni- tarian minister , who was generally to be seen upon Snow - hill ( as yet Skinner's - street was not ) , be- tween the hours of ten and eleven in the morning , studying a volume of Lardner . I own this to have been a strain ...
... knew a Uni- tarian minister , who was generally to be seen upon Snow - hill ( as yet Skinner's - street was not ) , be- tween the hours of ten and eleven in the morning , studying a volume of Lardner . I own this to have been a strain ...
Page 63
... turning , some seeking for a little ease ; and the shrunken skin scarce told a truer story than the crumpled coverlid . Hushed are those mysterious sighs - those groans -so much more awful , while we knew not from THE CONVALESCENT . 63.
... turning , some seeking for a little ease ; and the shrunken skin scarce told a truer story than the crumpled coverlid . Hushed are those mysterious sighs - those groans -so much more awful , while we knew not from THE CONVALESCENT . 63.
Page 64
Charles Lamb Augustine Birrell. -so much more awful , while we knew not from what caverns of vast hidden suffering they pro- ceeded . The Lernean pangs are quenched . The riddle of sickness is solved ; and Philoctetes is become an ...
Charles Lamb Augustine Birrell. -so much more awful , while we knew not from what caverns of vast hidden suffering they pro- ceeded . The Lernean pangs are quenched . The riddle of sickness is solved ; and Philoctetes is become an ...
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