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E . , whom nothing misbecame — to auspicate , I suppose , the filial concern , and
set it agoing with a lustre — was serving in person two damsels fair , who had
come into the shop ostensibly to inquire for some new publication , but in reality
to ...
E . , whom nothing misbecame — to auspicate , I suppose , the filial concern , and
set it agoing with a lustre — was serving in person two damsels fair , who had
come into the shop ostensibly to inquire for some new publication , but in reality
to ...
Page 36
I admired the histrionic art , by which he contrived to carry clean away every
notion of disgrace , from the occupation he had so generously submitted to ; and
from that hour I judged him , with no after repentance , to be a person , with whom
it ...
I admired the histrionic art , by which he contrived to carry clean away every
notion of disgrace , from the occupation he had so generously submitted to ; and
from that hour I judged him , with no after repentance , to be a person , with whom
it ...
Page 37
They emerge sour , morose persons , intolerable to their families , servants , & c .
Another shall have been expanding your heart with generous deeds and
sentiments , till it even beats with yearnings of universal sympathy ; you
absolutely long ...
They emerge sour , morose persons , intolerable to their families , servants , & c .
Another shall have been expanding your heart with generous deeds and
sentiments , till it even beats with yearnings of universal sympathy ; you
absolutely long ...
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My conceit of his person , ” — it is Ben Jonson speaking of Lord Bacon , — " was
never increased towards him by his place or honours , but I have , and do
reverence him for the greatness , that was only proper to himself ; in that he
seemed to ...
My conceit of his person , ” — it is Ben Jonson speaking of Lord Bacon , — " was
never increased towards him by his place or honours , but I have , and do
reverence him for the greatness , that was only proper to himself ; in that he
seemed to ...
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At such a season , the Tempest , or his own Winter ' s TaleThese two poets you
cannot avoid reading aloud — to yourself , or ( as it chances ) to some single
person 2 Broek A fellow will get up and spell out 46 DETACHED THOUGHTS.
At such a season , the Tempest , or his own Winter ' s TaleThese two poets you
cannot avoid reading aloud — to yourself , or ( as it chances ) to some single
person 2 Broek A fellow will get up and spell out 46 DETACHED THOUGHTS.
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| Title | The Last Essays of Elia |
| Author | Charles Lamb |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Dent, 1901 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 254 pages |
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