Jerningham; or, The inconsistent man [by sir J.W. Kaye]. |
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Be it so : I neither defrauded him of his birth - right , neither took I away his blessing , nor supplanted him in any one thing but the affections of my Uncle Matthew , which I undesignedly appropriated to myself , though God knows ...
Be it so : I neither defrauded him of his birth - right , neither took I away his blessing , nor supplanted him in any one thing but the affections of my Uncle Matthew , which I undesignedly appropriated to myself , though God knows ...
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My brother outwitted himself , and saw , to his inexpressible chagrin , that I , who took no trouble in the least to ingratiate myself with any living creature , was the favourite , not only of my uncle , but of every one who entered ...
My brother outwitted himself , and saw , to his inexpressible chagrin , that I , who took no trouble in the least to ingratiate myself with any living creature , was the favourite , not only of my uncle , but of every one who entered ...
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I raised my eyes , and looked about me ; I took a survey of the whole schoolroom . I presently cried out " Eureka ! " for there , in one corner of the room , absorbed in the perusal of a book , and apparently unconscious of the noise ...
I raised my eyes , and looked about me ; I took a survey of the whole schoolroom . I presently cried out " Eureka ! " for there , in one corner of the room , absorbed in the perusal of a book , and apparently unconscious of the noise ...
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He took up the Systême de la Nature ; he read a few chapters ; but he did not like it ; the style was too inornate : he threw aside the volume , and took up ( I know not how it got there ) Sir William Drummond's Edipus Judaicus .
He took up the Systême de la Nature ; he read a few chapters ; but he did not like it ; the style was too inornate : he threw aside the volume , and took up ( I know not how it got there ) Sir William Drummond's Edipus Judaicus .
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... benevolence and great wisdom ; he had a high broad forehead like a block of white marble ; it was a head worthy of Plato , who took his name from the breadth of his temples . * His hair was black as night , and he wore it after -and ...
... benevolence and great wisdom ; he had a high broad forehead like a block of white marble ; it was a head worthy of Plato , who took his name from the breadth of his temples . * His hair was black as night , and he wore it after -and ...
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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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