Works, Volumen2,Parte1Putnam, 1887 |
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... idea ; it at once gave me occupation and amusement . The writing of a book was considered in old times as an enterprise of toil and difficulty , insomuch that the most trifling lucubration was denominated a work , " and the world talked ...
... idea ; it at once gave me occupation and amusement . The writing of a book was considered in old times as an enterprise of toil and difficulty , insomuch that the most trifling lucubration was denominated a work , " and the world talked ...
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... idea having struck me , therefore , to write a book , the reader will easily perceive that the execution of it was no difficult matter . I rum- maged my portfolio , and cast about , in my recollection , for those floating materials ...
... idea having struck me , therefore , to write a book , the reader will easily perceive that the execution of it was no difficult matter . I rum- maged my portfolio , and cast about , in my recollection , for those floating materials ...
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... idea of getting involved in one of the Marquis ' genealogical discussions . " Oh , as to the Duchess , she was put into the very apartment you occupied last night , which at that time was a kind of state - apartment . Her followers were ...
... idea of getting involved in one of the Marquis ' genealogical discussions . " Oh , as to the Duchess , she was put into the very apartment you occupied last night , which at that time was a kind of state - apartment . Her followers were ...
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... idea of being cheated out of it by a sudden fit of unreasonable squeamishness . Besides , being a traveller in quest of information , he considered it his duty to inquire into every thing . The Marquis , however , evaded every question ...
... idea of being cheated out of it by a sudden fit of unreasonable squeamishness . Besides , being a traveller in quest of information , he considered it his duty to inquire into every thing . The Marquis , however , evaded every question ...
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... idea of living in such a dismal , pagan - looking place ; especially when they got together in the servants ' hall in the evening , and compared notes on all the hob- goblin stories picked up in the course of the day 46 Tales of a ...
... idea of living in such a dismal , pagan - looking place ; especially when they got together in the servants ' hall in the evening , and compared notes on all the hob- goblin stories picked up in the course of the day 46 Tales of a ...
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