Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary BiographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1870 - 328 páginas |
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... reason to hope that the republication of this sketch now , with all its defects , is calculated to do more good than harm to the society it attempts to delineate . · This conviction must be my apology for again forcing upon the public a ...
... reason to hope that the republication of this sketch now , with all its defects , is calculated to do more good than harm to the society it attempts to delineate . · This conviction must be my apology for again forcing upon the public a ...
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... reason was at once apparent - I had seen and thought too much ; and was in the posi- tion which my predecessor had failed to reach , of experimentally discovering that the task was beyond the human power of accomplishment . Not easily ...
... reason was at once apparent - I had seen and thought too much ; and was in the posi- tion which my predecessor had failed to reach , of experimentally discovering that the task was beyond the human power of accomplishment . Not easily ...
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... to know that Lady Ursula was as little like the rest of the species as our Bombay friend was to wealthy Hindoos generally ? What reason had I to suppose that Lady Broadhem's daughter could possibly be a new type 16 PICCADILLY .
... to know that Lady Ursula was as little like the rest of the species as our Bombay friend was to wealthy Hindoos generally ? What reason had I to suppose that Lady Broadhem's daughter could possibly be a new type 16 PICCADILLY .
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... reasons which take men into society in London , " I said , after a pause . " No , I don't . What are they ? " " Either to find a wife , or to look after one's wife , or to look after somebody else's . " I was helping myself to potatoes ...
... reasons which take men into society in London , " I said , after a pause . " No , I don't . What are they ? " " Either to find a wife , or to look after one's wife , or to look after somebody else's . " I was helping myself to potatoes ...
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... reason ! " " " " My dear old fellow , " said I , putting my hand on Grandon's shoulder , " my time is come at last . Haven't you remarked what low spirits I have been in since dinner ? I can't bear it for another twenty - four hours ...
... reason ! " " " " My dear old fellow , " said I , putting my hand on Grandon's shoulder , " my time is come at last . Haven't you remarked what low spirits I have been in since dinner ? I can't bear it for another twenty - four hours ...
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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.