The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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... mind employed , in a constant struggle with that stern old conqueror Time - in which the old scythe - bearer was , if not daily , monthly getting the better , notwithstanding every assistance that the coiffeuse and the modiste so ...
... mind employed , in a constant struggle with that stern old conqueror Time - in which the old scythe - bearer was , if not daily , monthly getting the better , notwithstanding every assistance that the coiffeuse and the modiste so ...
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... mind , he will fancy , at least , he is to behold some witch - like crone , who , with the family secret in one hand , and a broomstick in the other , is to order everything about her as she lists ; a second Meg Merrilies , with out her ...
... mind , he will fancy , at least , he is to behold some witch - like crone , who , with the family secret in one hand , and a broomstick in the other , is to order everything about her as she lists ; a second Meg Merrilies , with out her ...
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... mind , threw either a gloom over his honours , or , according to the then state of his feelings , tinged them with a gory hue . How soon does satisfaction pall upon the acts that glorify us ! As years pass on , they are too often either ...
... mind , threw either a gloom over his honours , or , according to the then state of his feelings , tinged them with a gory hue . How soon does satisfaction pall upon the acts that glorify us ! As years pass on , they are too often either ...
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... mind . From her youth upwards she had been an enthusiast , but an enthusiast only in her love for the beautiful and the just . If ever a being loved virtue for its exceeding loveliness , it was Lady Astell . She had accustomed B 2 THE ...
... mind . From her youth upwards she had been an enthusiast , but an enthusiast only in her love for the beautiful and the just . If ever a being loved virtue for its exceeding loveliness , it was Lady Astell . She had accustomed B 2 THE ...
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... mind , every one who saw her well understood that her body was fast perishing : and , notwithstanding her piety and resig- nation , it would have perished , had not a being every way worthy of her come and poured forth into her heart ...
... mind , every one who saw her well understood that her body was fast perishing : and , notwithstanding her piety and resig- nation , it would have perished , had not a being every way worthy of her come and poured forth into her heart ...
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