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Page 50
... give up the idea that the air in rooms can be improved by plants , because , as is well known , every green leaf absorbs carbonic acid and gives out oxygen under the influence of light . This idea may seem the more justifiable , because ...
... give up the idea that the air in rooms can be improved by plants , because , as is well known , every green leaf absorbs carbonic acid and gives out oxygen under the influence of light . This idea may seem the more justifiable , because ...
Page 319
... give the grosse pièce , or pièce de résis- tance , or relevé , whichever they may like to call it , at the beginning of dinner , and not when a great part of dinner is over , and all but youthful appetites are beginning to flag . Then ...
... give the grosse pièce , or pièce de résis- tance , or relevé , whichever they may like to call it , at the beginning of dinner , and not when a great part of dinner is over , and all but youthful appetites are beginning to flag . Then ...
Page 425
... give out next . It is very often impossible for any human being to make out what words the choir behind you are singing . You have to strain your ears to the uttermost to catch the faintest indication of the words . All this tormenting ...
... give out next . It is very often impossible for any human being to make out what words the choir behind you are singing . You have to strain your ears to the uttermost to catch the faintest indication of the words . All this tormenting ...
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BRONTE Charlotte | 3 |
THE LIVING AGE VOLUME CXXXVI | 64 |
Fifth Series | 65 |
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