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Página 119
... lived much in the metropolis , and could give me the natural history of every odd animal to be met with in that wilderness of men . He readily imparted to me some useful hints upon the subject of my inquiry . “ The literary world ...
... lived much in the metropolis , and could give me the natural history of every odd animal to be met with in that wilderness of men . He readily imparted to me some useful hints upon the subject of my inquiry . “ The literary world ...
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... lived in these times of hot hearts and hot heads , he would no doubt have written quite differently . " In a few days I was quietly established in my new quarters ; my books all arranged ; my writing - desk placed by a window looking ...
... lived in these times of hot hearts and hot heads , he would no doubt have written quite differently . " In a few days I was quietly established in my new quarters ; my books all arranged ; my writing - desk placed by a window looking ...
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... lived with , and for , and by one another . They considered themselves the salt of the earth . They fostered and kept up a conventional vein of thinking and talking , and joking on all subjects ; and they cried each other up to the ...
... lived with , and for , and by one another . They considered themselves the salt of the earth . They fostered and kept up a conventional vein of thinking and talking , and joking on all subjects ; and they cried each other up to the ...
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... lived about town . The peer quoted a score or two of learned authors , with whom he would fain be thought intimate , while the author talked of Sir John this , and Sir Harry that , and extolled the Burgundy he had drunk at Lord Such - a ...
... lived about town . The peer quoted a score or two of learned authors , with whom he would fain be thought intimate , while the author talked of Sir John this , and Sir Harry that , and extolled the Burgundy he had drunk at Lord Such - a ...
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... lived much alone . There was a careless dash of good - humor about him which pleased me exceedingly ; and at times an odd tinge of melancholy mingled with his humor , and gave it an addi- tional zest . He was apt to run into long ...
... lived much alone . There was a careless dash of good - humor about him which pleased me exceedingly ; and at times an odd tinge of melancholy mingled with his humor , and gave it an addi- tional zest . He was apt to run into long ...
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Página 161 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Página 230 - ... true sympathy; how few love us for ourselves; how few will befriend us in our misfortunes; then it is that we think of the mother we have lost. It is true I had always loved my mother, even in my most heedless days; but I felt how inconsiderate and ineffectual had been my love. My heart melted as I retraced the days of infancy, when I was led by a mother's hand, and rocked to sleep in a mother's arms, and was without care or sorrow. "O my mother!
Página 363 - Now I remember those old women's words, Who in my wealth would tell me winter's tales, And speak of spirits and ghosts that glide by night About the place where treasure hath been hid...
Página xi - There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.