The Old CommodoreRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1863 - 311 pages |
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... thought vulgar . And , alas ! I myself confess that I have commenced it with a plagiarism . I am sorry , truly sorry , that , by this confession , I have forestalled the discovery with three - and - twenty critics , who were all gaping ...
... thought vulgar . And , alas ! I myself confess that I have commenced it with a plagiarism . I am sorry , truly sorry , that , by this confession , I have forestalled the discovery with three - and - twenty critics , who were all gaping ...
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... thought so , at a time when gentlemen usually wore abun- dant cravats of well - starched white muslin . He is an invalid ; for see , notwithstanding the heat of the day , it being but a little past noon , he has one of his feet ...
... thought so , at a time when gentlemen usually wore abun- dant cravats of well - starched white muslin . He is an invalid ; for see , notwithstanding the heat of the day , it being but a little past noon , he has one of his feet ...
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... thought of herself , it would be difficult to say ; but every one else who knew her had no difficulty in pronouncing her a beautiful plague - a splendid vexation- something , at once to be feared , admired , and loved . She had been ...
... thought of herself , it would be difficult to say ; but every one else who knew her had no difficulty in pronouncing her a beautiful plague - a splendid vexation- something , at once to be feared , admired , and loved . She had been ...
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... thought over with frenzied eagerness , and never fades in the remembrance , but exists with an undying vividness : accompanying us in the solitary walk by day , and is seen at night directing the horrible pageants of the troubled dream ...
... thought over with frenzied eagerness , and never fades in the remembrance , but exists with an undying vividness : accompanying us in the solitary walk by day , and is seen at night directing the horrible pageants of the troubled dream ...
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... thought himself a very ill - used man , and behaved like one . He called Death a cowardly , skulking rascal , to sneak into a lady's chamber , where he was not at all wanted , and there to do his cruelty upon the young and beautiful ...
... thought himself a very ill - used man , and behaved like one . He called Death a cowardly , skulking rascal , to sneak into a lady's chamber , where he was not at all wanted , and there to do his cruelty upon the young and beautiful ...
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