The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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Page 87
... reason the very worst adapted for days of unbending and recreation . In particular , there is a gloom for me attendant upon a city Sunday , a weight in the air . I miss the cheerful cries of London , the music , and the ballad - singers ...
... reason the very worst adapted for days of unbending and recreation . In particular , there is a gloom for me attendant upon a city Sunday , a weight in the air . I miss the cheerful cries of London , the music , and the ballad - singers ...
Page 102
... , have been a model to Addison and succeeding essayists . " Who would not be covetous , and with reason , " he says , " if health could be purchased with gold ? who not ambitious , if it were at 102 GENTEEL STYLE IN WRITING.
... , have been a model to Addison and succeeding essayists . " Who would not be covetous , and with reason , " he says , " if health could be purchased with gold ? who not ambitious , if it were at 102 GENTEEL STYLE IN WRITING.
Page 111
... reason of their unfashionable attire , —in these thoughts she reached the second landing- place the second , I mean from the top - for there was still another left to traverse . Now virtue support Barbara ! And that never - failing ...
... reason of their unfashionable attire , —in these thoughts she reached the second landing- place the second , I mean from the top - for there was still another left to traverse . Now virtue support Barbara ! And that never - failing ...
Page 127
... reason why he should not have acted the same part in that emergency , which has glorified the name of a later Sydney . He did not want for plainness or bold- ness of spirit . His letter on the French match may testify , he could speak ...
... reason why he should not have acted the same part in that emergency , which has glorified the name of a later Sydney . He did not want for plainness or bold- ness of spirit . His letter on the French match may testify , he could speak ...
Page 175
... reason , suppose , that the protection transferred to a husband is less a derogation and a loss to their authority than to the paternal . Mothers , besides , have a trembling foresight , which paints the inconveniences ( impossible to ...
... reason , suppose , that the protection transferred to a husband is less a derogation and a loss to their authority than to the paternal . Mothers , besides , have a trembling foresight , which paints the inconveniences ( impossible to ...
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