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... delightful , but in parts it was difficult . Fragments of " The Tempest , " and of other plays , remain stranded in my memory from these read- ings : Ferdinand and Miranda at chess , Cleopatra cuffing the messenger , the asp in the ...
... delightful , but in parts it was difficult . Fragments of " The Tempest , " and of other plays , remain stranded in my memory from these read- ings : Ferdinand and Miranda at chess , Cleopatra cuffing the messenger , the asp in the ...
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... delightful place , where there was sawdust , where our first fishing - rods were fashioned . Rummaging among the books , of course , I found some cheap periodical with verses in it . The lines began- " The Baron of Smaylhome rose with ...
... delightful place , where there was sawdust , where our first fishing - rods were fashioned . Rummaging among the books , of course , I found some cheap periodical with verses in it . The lines began- " The Baron of Smaylhome rose with ...
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... other tournament need apply . Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , greatly daring , has attempted to enter the lists , but he is a mere Ralph the Hospitaller . " " Next , I think , in order of delight , ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS II.
... other tournament need apply . Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , greatly daring , has attempted to enter the lists , but he is a mere Ralph the Hospitaller . " " Next , I think , in order of delight , ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS II.
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Andrew Lang. Next , I think , in order of delight , came " Quentin Durward , " especially the hero of the scar , whose name Thackeray could not remember , Quentin's uncle . Then " The Black Dwarf , " and Dugald , our dear Rittmeister . I ...
Andrew Lang. Next , I think , in order of delight , came " Quentin Durward , " especially the hero of the scar , whose name Thackeray could not remember , Quentin's uncle . Then " The Black Dwarf , " and Dugald , our dear Rittmeister . I ...
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... delightful than Scrooge , and Tiny Tim , and Trotty Veck . One remembers the fairy monarch more vividly , and the wondrous array of egg - cups from which he sipped brandy - or was it right Nantes ? -still " going on sip- ping , I am ...
... delightful than Scrooge , and Tiny Tim , and Trotty Veck . One remembers the fairy monarch more vividly , and the wondrous array of egg - cups from which he sipped brandy - or was it right Nantes ? -still " going on sip- ping , I am ...
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