A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best Suited to that Mode of EnjoymentGeorge P. Putnam, 1852 - 228 էջ |
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... grounds of men of business , who are whirled to and fro on weekly or daily evenings , and who would all find some- thing to approve in the closing chapters of our work . The greatest moneyed man of our time , Rothschild , who weighed ...
... grounds of men of business , who are whirled to and fro on weekly or daily evenings , and who would all find some- thing to approve in the closing chapters of our work . The greatest moneyed man of our time , Rothschild , who weighed ...
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... ground without calling them to mind . The nature and the amount of the reader's familiarity with many other extracts are the reasons why we have ex- tracted them . They constitute part of the object and essence of the book ; for the ...
... ground without calling them to mind . The nature and the amount of the reader's familiarity with many other extracts are the reasons why we have ex- tracted them . They constitute part of the object and essence of the book ; for the ...
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... ground . Albeit ne flattery did corrupt her truth , Ne pompous title did debauch her ear ; Goody , good - woman , gossip , n'aunt , forsooth , Or dame , the sole additions she did hear ; Yet these she challeng'd , these she held right ...
... ground . Albeit ne flattery did corrupt her truth , Ne pompous title did debauch her ear ; Goody , good - woman , gossip , n'aunt , forsooth , Or dame , the sole additions she did hear ; Yet these she challeng'd , these she held right ...
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... d with gold its glittering skirts appear . Oh wassel days ! O customs meet and well , Ere this was banish'd from its lofty sphere ! * Ground - ivy . Simplicity then sought this humble cell , Nor ever would 34 THE SCHOOLMISTRESS .
... d with gold its glittering skirts appear . Oh wassel days ! O customs meet and well , Ere this was banish'd from its lofty sphere ! * Ground - ivy . Simplicity then sought this humble cell , Nor ever would 34 THE SCHOOLMISTRESS .
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... ground- In winter fire- Quiet by day , & c . The closeness and straightforwardness of the style are remarkable in so young a writer , and singularly announce his future conciseness . The reader smiles to think of the unambitious wish ...
... ground- In winter fire- Quiet by day , & c . The closeness and straightforwardness of the style are remarkable in so young a writer , and singularly announce his future conciseness . The reader smiles to think of the unambitious wish ...
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