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... Never was there a more lucky 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 ...
... Never was there a more lucky 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 ...
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... never be conscious that he is taking a dose . I have learnt this much from my experience under the hands of the worthy Hippocrates of Mentz . I am not , therefore , for those barefaced tales which carry their moral on the surface ...
... never be conscious that he is taking a dose . I have learnt this much from my experience under the hands of the worthy Hippocrates of Mentz . I am not , therefore , for those barefaced tales which carry their moral on the surface ...
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... never forgive himself for not having made a more resolute effort to get a full sight of him . He has anxiously endeavored to call up a recollection of what he saw of that portly personage ; and has ever since kept a curious eye on all ...
... never forgive himself for not having made a more resolute effort to get a full sight of him . He has anxiously endeavored to call up a recollection of what he saw of that portly personage ; and has ever since kept a curious eye on all ...
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... never forgive himself for not having made a more resolute effort to get a full sight of him . He has anxiously endeavored to call up a recollection of what he saw of that portly personage ; and has ever since kept a curious eye on all ...
... never forgive himself for not having made a more resolute effort to get a full sight of him . He has anxiously endeavored to call up a recollection of what he saw of that portly personage ; and has ever since kept a curious eye on all ...
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... never seemed satisfied with the whole of a story ; never laughed when others laughed ; but always put the joke to the question . He never could enjoy the kernel of the nut , but pestered himself to get more out of the shell . " Do you ...
... never seemed satisfied with the whole of a story ; never laughed when others laughed ; but always put the joke to the question . He never could enjoy the kernel of the nut , but pestered himself to get more out of the shell . " Do you ...
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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.