The Life and Times of Seargent Smith PrentissJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1884 - 442 páginas |
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... expression of Judge Alexander Walker ) " thinking on his legs . " In the severer college studies his college - mate , Hilliard , says , " He studied the most abstruse branches with the same facility as the lighter ones . He seemed to ...
... expression of Judge Alexander Walker ) " thinking on his legs . " In the severer college studies his college - mate , Hilliard , says , " He studied the most abstruse branches with the same facility as the lighter ones . He seemed to ...
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... expression can give utterance to the height and depth of our feelings . A gen- tleman was once escorting a lady by moonlight on the " Iris Island , " of course each was wrought up to the pitch of enthu- siasm . Casting her eye up the ...
... expression can give utterance to the height and depth of our feelings . A gen- tleman was once escorting a lady by moonlight on the " Iris Island , " of course each was wrought up to the pitch of enthu- siasm . Casting her eye up the ...
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... expression into the theme I could almost see the horrible banquet . He seemed al- ways able to touch the diapason that vibrated through the soul . Byron was his chief favorite ; in fact , the cast of his genius was not unlike that of ...
... expression into the theme I could almost see the horrible banquet . He seemed al- ways able to touch the diapason that vibrated through the soul . Byron was his chief favorite ; in fact , the cast of his genius was not unlike that of ...
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... expression was ever , " I have done pretty well , I believe . " His discourse was certainly diametrically op- posed to the one described by Lowell as being " Like the pea- cock's tail , all dotted o'er with I's . " He estimated his pro ...
... expression was ever , " I have done pretty well , I believe . " His discourse was certainly diametrically op- posed to the one described by Lowell as being " Like the pea- cock's tail , all dotted o'er with I's . " He estimated his pro ...
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... expression not only sardonic but satanic . He could be pathetic and persuasive , and then his voice became musical as a flute ; his eye grew humid , his face sad , and he seemed to cast himself like a child into one's arms . When he was ...
... expression not only sardonic but satanic . He could be pathetic and persuasive , and then his voice became musical as a flute ; his eye grew humid , his face sad , and he seemed to cast himself like a child into one's arms . When he was ...
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