Jerningham; or, The inconsistent man [by sir J.W. Kaye]. |
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Արդյունքներ 41–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... nor supplanted him in any one thing but the affections of my Uncle Matthew , which I undesignedly appropriated to myself , though God knows , I would have shared them with my brother , had I possessed any control over the gift .
... nor supplanted him in any one thing but the affections of my Uncle Matthew , which I undesignedly appropriated to myself , though God knows , I would have shared them with my brother , had I possessed any control over the gift .
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There was nothing , saving the two sacred volumes , for poor Everard there ; but still he had many books to read . His mother , during her life - time , had possessed a small , but a well - selected library .
There was nothing , saving the two sacred volumes , for poor Everard there ; but still he had many books to read . His mother , during her life - time , had possessed a small , but a well - selected library .
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... by our own exertions , by our own patient and methodical investigations , takes root in the mind with a stability , which is not possessed by that which is communicated to us , through another , by fitful and irregular starts .
... by our own exertions , by our own patient and methodical investigations , takes root in the mind with a stability , which is not possessed by that which is communicated to us , through another , by fitful and irregular starts .
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I would have given almost all that I possessed to have been spared this recital of events , but I saw not a single outlet of evasion ; my character for veracity , upon which Mr. Delaval had complimented me , was not to be lightly ...
I would have given almost all that I possessed to have been spared this recital of events , but I saw not a single outlet of evasion ; my character for veracity , upon which Mr. Delaval had complimented me , was not to be lightly ...
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... but I scarcely expected a display of feeling so fearful as what I now witnessed ; I was alarmed at the effect that I had produced , but still I was sufficiently self - possessed - I should say , sufficiently barbarous , to watch ...
... but I scarcely expected a display of feeling so fearful as what I now witnessed ; I was alarmed at the effect that I had produced , but still I was sufficiently self - possessed - I should say , sufficiently barbarous , to watch ...
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Jerningham; or, The inconsistent man [by sir J.W. Kaye]. sir John William Kaye Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1836 |
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