The Republic of Letters: A Selection, in Poetry and Prose, from the Works of the Most Eminent Writers, with Many Original Pieces, Volume 3Blackie, 1833 |
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... feel- ings and a portion of the manners of a gentleman's son , which I hope I still retain , although , to say the truth , the latter part of my education was deplorable enough . My father , from the period in which he felt himself ...
... feel- ings and a portion of the manners of a gentleman's son , which I hope I still retain , although , to say the truth , the latter part of my education was deplorable enough . My father , from the period in which he felt himself ...
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... feel , I can scarcely tell how . I slept all the evening , and lay awake all the night ; or if I fell asleep , always dreamed I was suffocating between two feather beds . I was plagued worse than poor Pharaoh . I had aches of all sorts ...
... feel , I can scarcely tell how . I slept all the evening , and lay awake all the night ; or if I fell asleep , always dreamed I was suffocating between two feather beds . I was plagued worse than poor Pharaoh . I had aches of all sorts ...
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... feel all the symp- toms appropriate to it . Thus I had by turns , all the diseases under the sun ; sometimes ... feeling of hilarity in my bosom . In short , there were moments of my life , when I could fully comprehend the paradox of a ...
... feel all the symp- toms appropriate to it . Thus I had by turns , all the diseases under the sun ; sometimes ... feeling of hilarity in my bosom . In short , there were moments of my life , when I could fully comprehend the paradox of a ...
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... feel so nervous , and bilious , and rheumatic this morning- I am sure the wind is easterly - pray excuse me - some other time . " So saying , he yawned once more , and went to see which way the wind blew . My readers , if they are such ...
... feel so nervous , and bilious , and rheumatic this morning- I am sure the wind is easterly - pray excuse me - some other time . " So saying , he yawned once more , and went to see which way the wind blew . My readers , if they are such ...
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... feeling of indignation at his idle inquiries . The next day I received the following note , enclosing a check for a sum which I shall not mention : SIR - You must have something to stock your farm . Pay the enclosed when you are able ...
... feeling of indignation at his idle inquiries . The next day I received the following note , enclosing a check for a sum which I shall not mention : SIR - You must have something to stock your farm . Pay the enclosed when you are able ...
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