Temple Bar, Volume 39Ward and Lock, 1873 |
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... passing the church the country opened . It stretched a green sweep and swell of cultivated soil . The sheen of a ... passed in , gained the steps of the house and paused . " This place , " I said , " is much neglected . How long has ...
... passing the church the country opened . It stretched a green sweep and swell of cultivated soil . The sheen of a ... passed in , gained the steps of the house and paused . " This place , " I said , " is much neglected . How long has ...
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... passed in regrets . Then Resolution " awoke and I was inspired . I would no longer fret my life away in vacuous remorse . I was young - not yet thirty . The spacious arena of life lay before me . Into that amphitheatre I resolved to ...
... passed in regrets . Then Resolution " awoke and I was inspired . I would no longer fret my life away in vacuous remorse . I was young - not yet thirty . The spacious arena of life lay before me . Into that amphitheatre I resolved to ...
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... passed and then letters poured in on me . The inso- lence of want found a curious illustration in these replies . Of the hundred applicants all professed themselves as possessed of qualifica- tions superior to those I had enumerated ...
... passed and then letters poured in on me . The inso- lence of want found a curious illustration in these replies . Of the hundred applicants all professed themselves as possessed of qualifica- tions superior to those I had enumerated ...
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... passed the sombre shadow of a bat . A depression I could not shake off had fastened upon me . Many causes had conspired to produce it . A few weeks only had passed since my arrival , and already it seemed to me ambition was sinking ...
... passed the sombre shadow of a bat . A depression I could not shake off had fastened upon me . Many causes had conspired to produce it . A few weeks only had passed since my arrival , and already it seemed to me ambition was sinking ...
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... asked . " No , " I replied , still bewildered . " Oh , I beg your pardon , sir . I thought I heard you call as I passed through the hall . " She withdrew . I looked at the open book . The leaves were MY BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBOUR . 11.
... asked . " No , " I replied , still bewildered . " Oh , I beg your pardon , sir . I thought I heard you call as I passed through the hall . " She withdrew . I looked at the open book . The leaves were MY BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBOUR . 11.
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Page 191 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, ^ That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
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