The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1901 - 254 pages |
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... the piety that has kneeled there the congrega- [ Blakesware in Hertfordshire . ] tions , old and young , that have found consolation. BLAKESMOOR IN H - SHIRE " Mine was that gallery of od family portraits- ". 5 BLAKESMOORE IN H- -SHIRE.
... the piety that has kneeled there the congrega- [ Blakesware in Hertfordshire . ] tions , old and young , that have found consolation. BLAKESMOOR IN H - SHIRE " Mine was that gallery of od family portraits- ". 5 BLAKESMOORE IN H- -SHIRE.
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Charles Lamb. tions , old and young , that have found consolation there— the meek pastor - the docile parishioner . With no dis- turbing emotions , no cross conflicting comparisons , drink in the tranquillity of the place , till thou ...
Charles Lamb. tions , old and young , that have found consolation there— the meek pastor - the docile parishioner . With no dis- turbing emotions , no cross conflicting comparisons , drink in the tranquillity of the place , till thou ...
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... young reader of faces as I was , the frowning beauty of Nero , I remember , had most of my wonder ; but the mild Galba had my love . There they stood in the coldness of death , yet freshness of immortality . Mine too , thy lofty Justice ...
... young reader of faces as I was , the frowning beauty of Nero , I remember , had most of my wonder ; but the mild Galba had my love . There they stood in the coldness of death , yet freshness of immortality . Mine too , thy lofty Justice ...
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... young days , possibly flaunted in a vein of no discommend- able vanity . In the depth of college shades , or in his lonely chamber , the poor student shrunk from observation . He found shelter among books , which insult not ; and ...
... young days , possibly flaunted in a vein of no discommend- able vanity . In the depth of college shades , or in his lonely chamber , the poor student shrunk from observation . He found shelter among books , which insult not ; and ...
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... young Grotiuses . My father had been a leading Mountaineer ; and would still maintain the general superi- ority , in skill and hardihood , of the Above Boys ( his own faction ) over the Below Boys ( so were they called ) , of which ...
... young Grotiuses . My father had been a leading Mountaineer ; and would still maintain the general superi- ority , in skill and hardihood , of the Above Boys ( his own faction ) over the Below Boys ( so were they called ) , of which ...
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