Sketches and Adventures in Madeira, Portugal, and the Andalusias of SpainHarper & brothers, 1856 - 445 страници |
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... school , when it was so slippery he lost two steps for every one he took : " he turned round and went backward . " Some of the ladies ' maids were frightened into hys- 18 THE FOURTH DAY . terical convulsions by the seeming.
... school , when it was so slippery he lost two steps for every one he took : " he turned round and went backward . " Some of the ladies ' maids were frightened into hys- 18 THE FOURTH DAY . terical convulsions by the seeming.
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... took to prayers , some to strong liquors - I , to bed . " Grief , " says Sterne , " naturally seeks a horizontal position . " Our patience was exhausted ; so were our provisions . The beef had been early washed overboard ; the mut- ton ...
... took to prayers , some to strong liquors - I , to bed . " Grief , " says Sterne , " naturally seeks a horizontal position . " Our patience was exhausted ; so were our provisions . The beef had been early washed overboard ; the mut- ton ...
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... took all gratuities without simulated reluctance , and expected no endear- ments . He was , indeed , as John Foy , our sometime Washington friend , would have described him " a pay- cock " of a chambermaid . I have met never his su ...
... took all gratuities without simulated reluctance , and expected no endear- ments . He was , indeed , as John Foy , our sometime Washington friend , would have described him " a pay- cock " of a chambermaid . I have met never his su ...
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... took one day such strong hold of my imagination that , in temporary forgetfulness , I exclaimed to my astonished burroquero : " Approach , thou craven - crouching slave ! Say , is not this Thermopyla ? These waters blue that round you ...
... took one day such strong hold of my imagination that , in temporary forgetfulness , I exclaimed to my astonished burroquero : " Approach , thou craven - crouching slave ! Say , is not this Thermopyla ? These waters blue that round you ...
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... took the liberty , after the ladies had retired , to remonstrate against his putting forth any further editions of himself - ten being as much , in my judgment , as a well - advised public opinion would tolerate . My friend , who has an ...
... took the liberty , after the ladies had retired , to remonstrate against his putting forth any further editions of himself - ten being as much , in my judgment , as a well - advised public opinion would tolerate . My friend , who has an ...
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Страница 101 - Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land: What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree! What goodly prospects o'er the hills expand!