American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 59Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 |
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The design and execution of this likeness are worthy of no matter what amount of admiration and study ; the red - velvet cushion is , we are convinced , emblematic of the intense fervor of the female's devotion , which we would here ...
The design and execution of this likeness are worthy of no matter what amount of admiration and study ; the red - velvet cushion is , we are convinced , emblematic of the intense fervor of the female's devotion , which we would here ...
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... from a strictly botanical and matter - of - fact stand - point , to be exactly compatible with each other ; however , waiving that slight discrepancy , we must say , that the flower before us has evidently determined not to pine on ...
... from a strictly botanical and matter - of - fact stand - point , to be exactly compatible with each other ; however , waiving that slight discrepancy , we must say , that the flower before us has evidently determined not to pine on ...
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... no matter how incredulous , that the gentleman is as near the perfection of gentility as any ambitious young man would have a right to expect to be after a course of profound study , and industrious practice in dandyism .
... no matter how incredulous , that the gentleman is as near the perfection of gentility as any ambitious young man would have a right to expect to be after a course of profound study , and industrious practice in dandyism .
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We have seen the pictures of romantic young ladies , and matter - of - fact , and fat , old ladies , and ladies whose age is doubtful , and ladies whose age is unquestionable . We have seen very weighty old gentlemen , and very lean ...
We have seen the pictures of romantic young ladies , and matter - of - fact , and fat , old ladies , and ladies whose age is doubtful , and ladies whose age is unquestionable . We have seen very weighty old gentlemen , and very lean ...
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Having thus settled the matter , he took his departure , and I returned to my manuscript in a singularly chastened frame of mind . All of you have read that story in the ' Badger , ' and you can now account for the latent melancholy of ...
Having thus settled the matter , he took his departure , and I returned to my manuscript in a singularly chastened frame of mind . All of you have read that story in the ' Badger , ' and you can now account for the latent melancholy of ...
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