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one of those little tawdry things that flirt at the tails of choruses — a probationer
for the town , in either of its senses — the pertest little drab — a dirty fringe and
appendage of the lamps ' smoke — who , it seems , on some disapprobation ...
one of those little tawdry things that flirt at the tails of choruses — a probationer
for the town , in either of its senses — the pertest little drab — a dirty fringe and
appendage of the lamps ' smoke — who , it seems , on some disapprobation ...
Page 44
The exterior of them ( the things themselves being so common ) , strange to say ,
raises no sweet emotions , no tickling sense of property in the owner . Thomson '
s Seasons , again , looks best ( I maintain it ) a little torn , and dog ' s - eared .
The exterior of them ( the things themselves being so common ) , strange to say ,
raises no sweet emotions , no tickling sense of property in the owner . Thomson '
s Seasons , again , looks best ( I maintain it ) a little torn , and dog ' s - eared .
Page 54
... chamberlain : here , there , like another Ariel , flaming at once about all parts of
the deck , yet with kindlier ministrations - - not to assist the tempest , but , as if
touched with a kindred sense of our infirmities , to " The o ' er - washing billows .
... chamberlain : here , there , like another Ariel , flaming at once about all parts of
the deck , yet with kindlier ministrations - - not to assist the tempest , but , as if
touched with a kindred sense of our infirmities , to " The o ' er - washing billows .
Page 56
Had the confident fellow told us half the legends on land , which he favoured us
with on the other element , I flatter myself the good sense of most of us would
have revolted . But we were in a new world , with everything unfamiliar about us ...
Had the confident fellow told us half the legends on land , which he favoured us
with on the other element , I flatter myself the good sense of most of us would
have revolted . But we were in a new world , with everything unfamiliar about us ...
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And here I must do justice to the good sense and intrepidity of one of our party , a
youth , that had hitherto been one of his most deferential auditors , who , from his
recent reading , made bold to assure the gentleman , that there must be some ...
And here I must do justice to the good sense and intrepidity of one of our party , a
youth , that had hitherto been one of his most deferential auditors , who , from his
recent reading , made bold to assure the gentleman , that there must be some ...
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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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