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... wishes of the gentleman . " " A nurse by all means , then , " said my father . " And let her carry him upo kolpo , next to her bosom . I know all that has been said about mothers nursing their own infants , Mr Squills ; but poor Kitty ...
... wishes of the gentleman . " " A nurse by all means , then , " said my father . " And let her carry him upo kolpo , next to her bosom . I know all that has been said about mothers nursing their own infants , Mr Squills ; but poor Kitty ...
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... wishes don't mend bad actions - good actions mend bad actions . ” So saying , he shut the door and went out . I cannot tell you how puzzled I was to make out what my father meant by his aphorism . But I know that I played at dominos no ...
... wishes don't mend bad actions - good actions mend bad actions . ” So saying , he shut the door and went out . I cannot tell you how puzzled I was to make out what my father meant by his aphorism . But I know that I played at dominos no ...
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... wishes to part with it . If my young gentleman gets tired of his play- thing , what will you give him for it ? " 66 ' Why , sir , " said the shopman , " I fear we could not afford to give more than eighteen shillings for it , unless the ...
... wishes to part with it . If my young gentleman gets tired of his play- thing , what will you give him for it ? " 66 ' Why , sir , " said the shopman , " I fear we could not afford to give more than eighteen shillings for it , unless the ...
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... wish you would examine him , Austin . " " I have examined him , my dear . It is just as I expected ; and I am quite satisfied . " " What ! you really think he has come on ? " said my mother , joyfully . " He does not care a button for ...
... wish you would examine him , Austin . " " I have examined him , my dear . It is just as I expected ; and I am quite satisfied . " " What ! you really think he has come on ? " said my mother , joyfully . " He does not care a button for ...
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... wish me to become a scholar if possible ; though he more than once said to me somewhat sadly , " Mas- ter books , but do not let them master you . Read to live , not live to read . One slave of the lamp is enough for a household : my ...
... wish me to become a scholar if possible ; though he more than once said to me somewhat sadly , " Mas- ter books , but do not let them master you . Read to live , not live to read . One slave of the lamp is enough for a household : my ...
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The Caxtons: A Family Picture, Volume 1 Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton Visualização integral - 1892 |
The Caxtons: A Family Picture, Volume 1 Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton Visualização integral - 1892 |
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amongst answered asked Austin Author Blackwood's Magazine bless brother brow called Captain Roland Caxton CHAPTER child cried Crown Octavo door drew earwigs Edition eyes face fancy Fanny Trevanion father Fcap felt fortune garden gentleman GEORGE HENRY LEWES Greek hand happy head heard heart heaven honour hurdy-gurdy Keith Johnston Kitty knew Lady Ellinor laugh leave lived London look Lord Rainsforth ma'am member of Parliament mind Miss Trevanion mother nature never once pause Philhellenic Pisistratus poor Primmins Puss in Boots quoth round saffron Savoyard scholar seemed sigh Sir Sedley Beaudesert Sisty smile speak Squills stood STRANGER talk tell thing thought tion took truth turned Uncle Jack Uncle Roland Vivian voice volume walk WILLIAM BLACKWOOD William Caxton window woman word young youth
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Página 193 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Página 331 - He had, to a morbid excess, that desire to rise which is vulgarly called ambition, but no wish for the esteem or the love of his species; only the hard wish to succeed— not shine, not serve— succeed, that he might have the right to despise a world which galled his self-conceit.
Página 25 - I have narrated, he gave me one far exceeding in value those usually bestowed on children, — it was a beautiful large domino-box in cut ivory, painted and gilt. This domino-box was my delight. I was never weary of playing at dominoes with Mrs. Primmins, and I slept with the box under my pillow. "Ah...
Página 331 - Caxtons.' Passion, in him, comprehended -many of the worst emotions which militate against human happiness. You could not contradict him, but you raised quick choler; you could not speak of wealth, but his cheek paled with gnawing envy. The astonishing natural advantages of this poor boy— his beauty, his readiness, the daring spirit that breathed around him like a fiery atmosphere— had raised his constitutional self-confidence into an arrogance that turned his very claims to admiration into prejudices...
Página 40 - A more lying, round-about, puzzleheaded delusion than that by which we confuse the clear instincts of truth in our accursed system of spelling was never concocted by the father of falsehood.