Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary BiographyW. Blackwood and sons, 1870 - 328 páginas |
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... seemed at the time irresistible . I found myself unable , by any conscious act of volition , to control either the plot or the style . Nor from my present point of view do I particularly admire either the one or the other . At the same ...
... seemed at the time irresistible . I found myself unable , by any conscious act of volition , to control either the plot or the style . Nor from my present point of view do I particularly admire either the one or the other . At the same ...
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... seemed a little cowed by my vehe- mence , which some might have thought amounted to rudeness , but would not abandon the field . " The result , ” she said , " of impoverishing the Church will be , that you will only get literates to go ...
... seemed a little cowed by my vehe- mence , which some might have thought amounted to rudeness , but would not abandon the field . " The result , ” she said , " of impoverishing the Church will be , that you will only get literates to go ...
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... seemed to have taken a start in the right direction nearly two thousand years ago , and now it has all slipped back again worse than ever , and is whirling the wrong way with a rapidity that makes one giddy . I feel more giddy than ...
... seemed to have taken a start in the right direction nearly two thousand years ago , and now it has all slipped back again worse than ever , and is whirling the wrong way with a rapidity that makes one giddy . I feel more giddy than ...
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... seemed an age . I gasped for breath , so she kindly came to my relief . " My dear Lord Frank , " she said , " after all it might have been worse . Supposing that Lord Grandon had not been your friend , or had not had the absurd Quixotic ...
... seemed an age . I gasped for breath , so she kindly came to my relief . " My dear Lord Frank , " she said , " after all it might have been worse . Supposing that Lord Grandon had not been your friend , or had not had the absurd Quixotic ...
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... seemed to puzzle , and make her nervous . " Oh , it is not at all'original , ' " said I. “ What- ever other merit it possesses , it can't claim original- ity — it is the commonest thing in the world ; but I think it is an acquired taste ...
... seemed to puzzle , and make her nervous . " Oh , it is not at all'original , ' " said I. “ What- ever other merit it possesses , it can't claim original- ity — it is the commonest thing in the world ; but I think it is an acquired taste ...
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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.