A Book of English Essays (1600-1900)Stanley Victor Makower, Basil H. Blackwell Oxford University Press, 1952 - 440 pages |
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... story , which he promises to tell you when this is done ; comes back regularly to his subject , cannot readily call to mind some person's name , holding his head , complains of his memory ; the whole company all this while in suspense ...
... story , which he promises to tell you when this is done ; comes back regularly to his subject , cannot readily call to mind some person's name , holding his head , complains of his memory ; the whole company all this while in suspense ...
Page 132
... stories of little Dominick , and of the Irish beggar who killed his sweetheart : Never was any grief more natural or ... story he excels . We must confess we have been much more pleased with Mr. Edgeworth in his laughing and in his ...
... stories of little Dominick , and of the Irish beggar who killed his sweetheart : Never was any grief more natural or ... story he excels . We must confess we have been much more pleased with Mr. Edgeworth in his laughing and in his ...
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... story to be of a pestilent example . I am not inclined to imagine we shall ever be put into any practical difficulty from a superfluity of Greenvilles . And besides , I demur to the opinion . The worth of such actions is not a thing to ...
... story to be of a pestilent example . I am not inclined to imagine we shall ever be put into any practical difficulty from a superfluity of Greenvilles . And besides , I demur to the opinion . The worth of such actions is not a thing to ...
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SIR THOMAS OVERBURY 15811613 | 9 |
SIR THOMAS BROWNE 16051682 | 16 |
THOMAS FULLER 16081661 | 22 |
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