Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Том 3H. Colburn, 1825 - 353 страници |
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... seemed de- sirous of assuming the character upon the present occasion . My friend having been prevented going to church by illness , his wife staid at home to nurse him for two successive Sundays ; and though she was present on the ...
... seemed de- sirous of assuming the character upon the present occasion . My friend having been prevented going to church by illness , his wife staid at home to nurse him for two successive Sundays ; and though she was present on the ...
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... seemed in good spirits , I put the halter in her mouth , and going back a little , so as to get a short run , I put my hand upon her shoulder , and jumped upon her back . " - " Jumped upon her back ! " echoed Clinch , looking ...
... seemed in good spirits , I put the halter in her mouth , and going back a little , so as to get a short run , I put my hand upon her shoulder , and jumped upon her back . " - " Jumped upon her back ! " echoed Clinch , looking ...
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... seemed disposed to expostulate , I took her by the hand , led her out of the room , and directed the maid to put her to bed . On re - entering the parlour , I once more found the mother in a state of comparative serenity , and calcu ...
... seemed disposed to expostulate , I took her by the hand , led her out of the room , and directed the maid to put her to bed . On re - entering the parlour , I once more found the mother in a state of comparative serenity , and calcu ...
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... seemed to smile on him , when he first discovered it amid the ruins ; and I was endeavouring to persuade myself that I had been deceived by the recollection of this assertion , when I saw its broad granite eyelids slowly descend over ...
... seemed to smile on him , when he first discovered it amid the ruins ; and I was endeavouring to persuade myself that I had been deceived by the recollection of this assertion , when I saw its broad granite eyelids slowly descend over ...
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... seemed to render still paler his coarse and somewhat pock - marked countenance , which bore an expression of habitual cunning . This was the celebrated Tal- leyrand . Distrust and subtlety appeared lurking in his peeping eyes , deep set ...
... seemed to render still paler his coarse and somewhat pock - marked countenance , which bore an expression of habitual cunning . This was the celebrated Tal- leyrand . Distrust and subtlety appeared lurking in his peeping eyes , deep set ...
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