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Page 80
Wine we had none ; nor , except on very rare occasions , spirits ; but the
sensation of wine was there . Some thin kind of ale I remember — “ British
beverage , ” he would say . “ Push about , my boys ; ” “ Drink to your sweethearts ,
girls .
Wine we had none ; nor , except on very rare occasions , spirits ; but the
sensation of wine was there . Some thin kind of ale I remember — “ British
beverage , ” he would say . “ Push about , my boys ; ” “ Drink to your sweethearts ,
girls .
Page 88
My health and my good spirits flagged . I had perpetually a dread of some crisis ,
to which I should be found unequal . Besides my daylight servitude , I served over
again all night in my sleep , and would awake with terrors of imaginary false ...
My health and my good spirits flagged . I had perpetually a dread of some crisis ,
to which I should be found unequal . Besides my daylight servitude , I served over
again all night in my sleep , and would awake with terrors of imaginary false ...
Page 96
The genius of each day was upon me distinctly during the whole of it , affecting
my appetite , spirits , & c . The phantom of the next day , with the dreary five to
follow , sate as a load upon my poor Sabbath recreations . What charm has
washed ...
The genius of each day was upon me distinctly during the whole of it , affecting
my appetite , spirits , & c . The phantom of the next day , with the dreary five to
follow , sate as a load upon my poor Sabbath recreations . What charm has
washed ...
Page 114
The antiquarian spirit , strong in you and gracefully blending ever with the
religious , may have been sown in you among those wrecks of splendid mortality
. You owe it to the place of your education ; you owe it to your learned fondness
for the ...
The antiquarian spirit , strong in you and gracefully blending ever with the
religious , may have been sown in you among those wrecks of splendid mortality
. You owe it to the place of your education ; you owe it to your learned fondness
for the ...
Page 119
... to witness such an unreserved motion towards self - destruction in a valued
friend , took from me all power of speculation . How I found my feet , I know not .
Consciousness [ 1 George Dyer . ] BE Brock was quite gone . Some spirit , not
119 .
... to witness such an unreserved motion towards self - destruction in a valued
friend , took from me all power of speculation . How I found my feet , I know not .
Consciousness [ 1 George Dyer . ] BE Brock was quite gone . Some spirit , not
119 .
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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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