Sketches and Adventures in Madeira, Portugal, and the Andalusias of SpainHarper & brothers, 1856 - 445 страници |
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... person who had died a year before ; and I thought to have been called by name , and by the voice of a person too distant to be understood by merely human organs . This , according to popular belief , is sure to presage an untimely death ...
... person who had died a year before ; and I thought to have been called by name , and by the voice of a person too distant to be understood by merely human organs . This , according to popular belief , is sure to presage an untimely death ...
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... person who afterward finished his life , he cried out , " Give me some drink , Titinius . " Indeed , I was " hor- ribly afear'd " —and but from the fear of showing fear , should doubtless have exhibited much pusillanimity . Thus it is ...
... person who afterward finished his life , he cried out , " Give me some drink , Titinius . " Indeed , I was " hor- ribly afear'd " —and but from the fear of showing fear , should doubtless have exhibited much pusillanimity . Thus it is ...
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... persons and occurrences . He is , in a word , " the abstract and brief chronicle " of all times . I had in my employ a perfect bijou of a burroquero - the coolest romancer , the greatest cheat , and cleverest valet I ever met with . If ...
... persons and occurrences . He is , in a word , " the abstract and brief chronicle " of all times . I had in my employ a perfect bijou of a burroquero - the coolest romancer , the greatest cheat , and cleverest valet I ever met with . If ...
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... persons coarsely formed - they take little or no care of either . The prettiest girl would want attrac- tion , if she wanted cleanliness ; but dirty ugliness turns the stomach . They seem to avoid water like a mad dog ; upon many of ...
... persons coarsely formed - they take little or no care of either . The prettiest girl would want attrac- tion , if she wanted cleanliness ; but dirty ugliness turns the stomach . They seem to avoid water like a mad dog ; upon many of ...
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... persons any where lived more comfortably or sump- tuously than the noblesse de la vigne of Madeira . They had handsome town houses and elegant country resi- dences , many clubs , and a retinue of servants . They kept an open and a ...
... persons any where lived more comfortably or sump- tuously than the noblesse de la vigne of Madeira . They had handsome town houses and elegant country resi- dences , many clubs , and a retinue of servants . They kept an open and a ...
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