American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 59Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 |
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... not by any means invariably , comes on us in the happy , unalloyed and unamalgamated days of our precious youth and innocence , when our ideas of our inestimable selves particularly are alarmingly original , fresh and altitudinous .
... not by any means invariably , comes on us in the happy , unalloyed and unamalgamated days of our precious youth and innocence , when our ideas of our inestimable selves particularly are alarmingly original , fresh and altitudinous .
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Our family consists of John , myself , and sister Ann , before mentioned ; item , of our two children , John's and mine , I mean : though they might be sister Ann's as well , seeing the interest that she takes in them .
Our family consists of John , myself , and sister Ann , before mentioned ; item , of our two children , John's and mine , I mean : though they might be sister Ann's as well , seeing the interest that she takes in them .
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That lemon , when he brought it , was a curiosity . It bore the same relation to the ordinary kind that pullets ' eggs do to hens ' . I wonder if there any way of dwarfing lemons ; the fruit , I mean , not the tree .
That lemon , when he brought it , was a curiosity . It bore the same relation to the ordinary kind that pullets ' eggs do to hens ' . I wonder if there any way of dwarfing lemons ; the fruit , I mean , not the tree .
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“ What do you mean ? ' cried I , astonished . “ Look you , ' said Argent , rising from his seat and striding across the room ; you , Frank Retzcar , you hate me . - God knows I return it with interest . You hold my forged paper in ...
“ What do you mean ? ' cried I , astonished . “ Look you , ' said Argent , rising from his seat and striding across the room ; you , Frank Retzcar , you hate me . - God knows I return it with interest . You hold my forged paper in ...
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What does this mean ? ' shrieked I. " Simply , ' said Argent , ' that I was married , by means of my general appearance , and especially this false scar , to Miss Clara Lorrain last evening at eight o'clock , and that I left my blushing ...
What does this mean ? ' shrieked I. " Simply , ' said Argent , ' that I was married , by means of my general appearance , and especially this false scar , to Miss Clara Lorrain last evening at eight o'clock , and that I left my blushing ...
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