The Living Age, 213. köideE. Littell & Company, 1897 |
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... seen at their worst in adver- sity . He was ready enough to find ex- cuses for Horner , for men are strange in the gift of their friendship , often giving it where they know it is but ill- deserved . He rattled on with unbroken gaiety ...
... seen at their worst in adver- sity . He was ready enough to find ex- cuses for Horner , for men are strange in the gift of their friendship , often giving it where they know it is but ill- deserved . He rattled on with unbroken gaiety ...
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... seen the crimson - spiked leaves of the pineapple . Here the tropical forest was royally beautiful ; but it was a deceitful beauty , for death or sickness lurked in every breath of its scented air , and the germs of fever mingled with ...
... seen the crimson - spiked leaves of the pineapple . Here the tropical forest was royally beautiful ; but it was a deceitful beauty , for death or sickness lurked in every breath of its scented air , and the germs of fever mingled with ...
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... seen . The moralist is always there , lurking behind the historian and the archæologist . After remarking on the great irregularity of the streets of Dijon he observes : " But let us not complain too much of this ; and above all , let ...
... seen . The moralist is always there , lurking behind the historian and the archæologist . After remarking on the great irregularity of the streets of Dijon he observes : " But let us not complain too much of this ; and above all , let ...
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... seen him my- self , and in the whole empire he has not got his equal . " " Why , this is strange . How can you , miss , talk so of such a man ? But per- haps you have made a mistake and have seen the wrong young gentle- man . " " Who ...
... seen him my- self , and in the whole empire he has not got his equal . " " Why , this is strange . How can you , miss , talk so of such a man ? But per- haps you have made a mistake and have seen the wrong young gentle- man . " " Who ...
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... seen him , for then you would have earlier discovered the fraud which has been practised upon you . It was impossible to look upon his tall and graceful form , his scholarly air , his jade - like features , and the piercing brilliancy ...
... seen him , for then you would have earlier discovered the fraud which has been practised upon you . It was impossible to look upon his tall and graceful form , his scholarly air , his jade - like features , and the piercing brilliancy ...
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