Piccadilly: A Fragment of Contemporary BiographyW. Blackwood and Sons, 1891 - 303 páginas |
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... give it the benefit of my extended experience and my quick observation . No sooner had I arrived at this determination , than with char- acteristic promptitude I proceeded to put it into execution ; and singular though it may appear ...
... give it the benefit of my extended experience and my quick observation . No sooner had I arrived at this determination , than with char- acteristic promptitude I proceeded to put it into execution ; and singular though it may appear ...
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... give my version of the story first . Should the daily tenor of my life be undisturbed , I can always fall back upon the exciting character of my opinions . As I write , the magnitude of the task I propose to myself assumes still larger ...
... give my version of the story first . Should the daily tenor of my life be undisturbed , I can always fall back upon the exciting character of my opinions . As I write , the magnitude of the task I propose to myself assumes still larger ...
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... give one what is called in America " a rough time . " The glancing is only dangerous to youths in the first stage , and is perfectly innocuous after one season . Fourth , " The rushing gushing fast . " This speaks for itself , and may ...
... give one what is called in America " a rough time . " The glancing is only dangerous to youths in the first stage , and is perfectly innocuous after one season . Fourth , " The rushing gushing fast . " This speaks for itself , and may ...
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... give an air of respectability to the direction . He might perhaps be a prophet without honour if he remained in his own country , so he is quite right to go to Manchester . I look upon cotton , backed by Exeter Hall , as so strong a ...
... give an air of respectability to the direction . He might perhaps be a prophet without honour if he remained in his own country , so he is quite right to go to Manchester . I look upon cotton , backed by Exeter Hall , as so strong a ...
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... give him in what would then be- come a sacred duty ; but the career that you talk about is not a sacred duty . It is a wretched Will- o ' - the - wisp that tempts men to wade through mire in its pursuit , not the bright star fixed above ...
... give him in what would then be- come a sacred duty ; but the career that you talk about is not a sacred duty . It is a wretched Will- o ' - the - wisp that tempts men to wade through mire in its pursuit , not the bright star fixed above ...
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