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Page 120
... become so keen and readers so expert at the game that the time and ingenuity required for the finding and working out of a new plot is no longer proportionate to the remuneration to be derived from the few thousand words into which it ...
... become so keen and readers so expert at the game that the time and ingenuity required for the finding and working out of a new plot is no longer proportionate to the remuneration to be derived from the few thousand words into which it ...
Page 235
... become the creature of the moment , clear of all ties to hold to the universe only by a dish of sweet - breads , and to owe nothing but the score of the evening - and no longer seeking for applause and meeting with contempt , to be ...
... become the creature of the moment , clear of all ties to hold to the universe only by a dish of sweet - breads , and to owe nothing but the score of the evening - and no longer seeking for applause and meeting with contempt , to be ...
Page 307
... become lax and drooping ; the flowers shed their petals . Our neighbours , the Indian and Mulatto inhabitants of the open palm - thatched huts , as we returned home fatigued with our ramble , were either asleep in their hammocks or ...
... become lax and drooping ; the flowers shed their petals . Our neighbours , the Indian and Mulatto inhabitants of the open palm - thatched huts , as we returned home fatigued with our ramble , were either asleep in their hammocks or ...
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READING MAKETH A FULL MAN by Geoffrey Crump M | 15 |
A MIRROR HELD UP TO LIFE | 24 |
TOM JONES IN TROUBLE Henry Fielding | 59 |
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