A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... beautiful widow of the next county to him . Before this disappointment , Sir Roger was what you call a fine gentle- man , had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etherege , fought a duel upon his first coming to town ...
... beautiful widow of the next county to him . Before this disappointment , Sir Roger was what you call a fine gentle- man , had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etherege , fought a duel upon his first coming to town ...
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... beautiful , every inordinate desire goes out ; when I Cheerfulness of mind is of a serious and conspicuous in the characters of those who are looked upon as the greatest philosphers among the heathens , as well as among those who have ...
... beautiful , every inordinate desire goes out ; when I Cheerfulness of mind is of a serious and conspicuous in the characters of those who are looked upon as the greatest philosphers among the heathens , as well as among those who have ...
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... beautiful white . To complete the scene , the full moon rose at length in that clouded ma- jesty , which Milton takes notice of , and opened to the eye a new picture of nature , which was more finely shaded , and dis- posed among softer ...
... beautiful white . To complete the scene , the full moon rose at length in that clouded ma- jesty , which Milton takes notice of , and opened to the eye a new picture of nature , which was more finely shaded , and dis- posed among softer ...
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... beautiful romance might be founded on this narrative ! —Notes on the United States . [ GEORGE COMBE . 1788-1858 . ] THE POWER OF LOVE IN AWAKING THE DORMANT FACULTIES . [ S. T. COLERIDGE . 1772-1834 . ] THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE . He was ...
... beautiful romance might be founded on this narrative ! —Notes on the United States . [ GEORGE COMBE . 1788-1858 . ] THE POWER OF LOVE IN AWAKING THE DORMANT FACULTIES . [ S. T. COLERIDGE . 1772-1834 . ] THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE . He was ...
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... beautiful as the rainbow , that smiling daughter of the storm ; but , like the mirage in the desert , she tan- talizes us with a delusion that distance creates , and that contiguity destroys . Yet , when unsought , she is often found ...
... beautiful as the rainbow , that smiling daughter of the storm ; but , like the mirage in the desert , she tan- talizes us with a delusion that distance creates , and that contiguity destroys . Yet , when unsought , she is often found ...
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