Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon, Том 71869 - 2 страници |
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... half- mechanist , half - artist , whole dreamer - had striven to make and sell playthings of a new kind , with a scientific , philosophical , and moral purpose about them , for the æsthetical entertainment and culture of children . The ...
... half- mechanist , half - artist , whole dreamer - had striven to make and sell playthings of a new kind , with a scientific , philosophical , and moral purpose about them , for the æsthetical entertainment and culture of children . The ...
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... half - an - hour later on the Saturday night . This was not the sort of thing that now invaded us . It was a place where professional singers- women too , look you , nearly as bad as dancers , not to say actresses— came and sat on a ...
... half - an - hour later on the Saturday night . This was not the sort of thing that now invaded us . It was a place where professional singers- women too , look you , nearly as bad as dancers , not to say actresses— came and sat on a ...
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... principle and whirl- ing through space , now head up , now heels up - and at last I came with a cruel bang down to earth again - and then I felt for half a second a soft , sweet , melting sensation of languid 24 MY ENEMY'S DAUGHTER.
... principle and whirl- ing through space , now head up , now heels up - and at last I came with a cruel bang down to earth again - and then I felt for half a second a soft , sweet , melting sensation of languid 24 MY ENEMY'S DAUGHTER.
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... half - plead- ing , half - angry ; " I would not go there if I could help it . I go there , believe it , not for my pleasure . I go there because I must live , and my father must live . You have not a father , Miss Griffin . " Mamma ...
... half - plead- ing , half - angry ; " I would not go there if I could help it . I go there , believe it , not for my pleasure . I go there because I must live , and my father must live . You have not a father , Miss Griffin . " Mamma ...
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... half drunk at fox - hunting feasts , used to shout till he rolled under the table among the other rosy - dead men . " Brave Duke Wadloe , " Ben calls him affectionately , in his tiresome play , The Staple of News . The noisy and merry ...
... half drunk at fox - hunting feasts , used to shout till he rolled under the table among the other rosy - dead men . " Brave Duke Wadloe , " Ben calls him affectionately , in his tiresome play , The Staple of News . The noisy and merry ...
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