Good Words, Volume 22Alexander Strahan and Company, 1881 - English periodicals |
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Page 11
... knew , from having seen the drawings . most twig and split sky - leaf - by hundreds of admirable poets . But thoroughly as these have worked out the subject , they seem to have missed one most striking analogy . A man ( like a tree ) ...
... knew , from having seen the drawings . most twig and split sky - leaf - by hundreds of admirable poets . But thoroughly as these have worked out the subject , they seem to have missed one most striking analogy . A man ( like a tree ) ...
Page 12
... knew how slow they are to hesi- tate , with curiosity behind them . So with a powerful spade , and a stout dredging - rake , he made good those weak places ; and then looking round with glad defiance , suddenly espied at his very ...
... knew how slow they are to hesi- tate , with curiosity behind them . So with a powerful spade , and a stout dredging - rake , he made good those weak places ; and then looking round with glad defiance , suddenly espied at his very ...
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... knew how to keep it . The labourers and the farmers looked up to him . The " family " in the great house could not look down upon him . If he was poor it was still his pride to bring up his sons as gentlemen ; and economies were ...
... knew how to keep it . The labourers and the farmers looked up to him . The " family " in the great house could not look down upon him . If he was poor it was still his pride to bring up his sons as gentlemen ; and economies were ...
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... knew that it would be useless to attempt to sleep , and so , after he had rested a little while , he threw off his coat , put on a dressing- gown , and marched up and down the room | And now ! She had been in the theatre ; he restlessly ...
... knew that it would be useless to attempt to sleep , and so , after he had rested a little while , he threw off his coat , put on a dressing- gown , and marched up and down the room | And now ! She had been in the theatre ; he restlessly ...
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... knew that this lady would only cut short his oration . " I am the most persecuted person in the world , " she continued , glancing sadly at a statuette of Dido ; " no , she was not to be compared to me , and she did burn the villain who ...
... knew that this lady would only cut short his oration . " I am the most persecuted person in the world , " she continued , glancing sadly at a statuette of Dido ; " no , she was not to be compared to me , and she did burn the villain who ...
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