Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary BiographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1870 - 328 páginas |
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... asked . Oh , only a petroleum aristocrat from the oil regions of America - another millionaire . He is a more wonderful instance even than Chundango , for he was a poor man three months ago , when he ' struck oil . ' You will find him ...
... asked . Oh , only a petroleum aristocrat from the oil regions of America - another millionaire . He is a more wonderful instance even than Chundango , for he was a poor man three months ago , when he ' struck oil . ' You will find him ...
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... asking me if I knew my next neighbour . I looked round and saw a young man with long flaxen hair , blue eyes , and an unhealthy complexion , dexterously impaling pieces of apple upon his knife , and conveying them with it to his mouth ...
... asking me if I knew my next neighbour . I looked round and saw a young man with long flaxen hair , blue eyes , and an unhealthy complexion , dexterously impaling pieces of apple upon his knife , and conveying them with it to his mouth ...
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... asked him how long he had been in England , and whom he had seen . " Well , sir , " he said , " I have only been here a few days , and I have seen considerable people ; but none of them were noblemen , and they are the class I have to ...
... asked him how long he had been in England , and whom he had seen . " Well , sir , " he said , " I have only been here a few days , and I have seen considerable people ; but none of them were noblemen , and they are the class I have to ...
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... asked Mr Wog . ( " Ah , Mr Wog , " I interrupted , " before you re- turn to the oil regions , you must make yourself acquainted with the enormous advantages connected with a State Church . You must grasp the idea that it is founded ...
... asked Mr Wog . ( " Ah , Mr Wog , " I interrupted , " before you re- turn to the oil regions , you must make yourself acquainted with the enormous advantages connected with a State Church . You must grasp the idea that it is founded ...
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... asked Grandon an hour later , as we went to bed , what he thought of my first missionary effort . " If the effect of your preaching is to drive your listeners away , " he said , laughing , " I am afraid it will not meet with much ...
... asked Grandon an hour later , as we went to bed , what he thought of my first missionary effort . " If the effect of your preaching is to drive your listeners away , " he said , laughing , " I am afraid it will not meet with much ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 221 - Moses' seat : all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say, and do not.
Página 105 - Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high, As I can now discern with this clear eye. And next in value, which thy kindness lends, That I may greatly disappoint my friends, Howe'er they think or hope that it may be, They may not dream how thou'st distinguished me.
Página 305 - Memoir of Sir William Hamilton, Bart., Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. By Professor VEITCH of the University of Glasgow. 8vo, with Portrait, 18s.
Página 259 - A long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull all together ! [Cries, and drops his face on arm, upon table.