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" ... as a missionary ; — Miss Knight, sick and solemn ; —several Irish girls apparently on their promotion ; — Mr. Harvey, who plays chess, and takes care of his flowers : he has them in an hermetically sealed glass case, which he is taking to the... "
The Priest ... - Page 121
1821
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The Christian Observer, Volumes 42-43

1843 - 846 pages
...hermetically sealed glass case, which he is taking to the Cape ; — a number of hitherto unnamed gentlemen, who sit down to eat and drink, and rise up to play; — one or two pretty boys, who saunter about with Lord Byron in hand; —and Mr. Stevens, the missionary,...
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Sale's Brigade in Afghanistan: With an Account of the Seisure and Defence of ...

George Robert Gleig - 1846 - 182 pages
...hermetically sealed glass case, which he is taking to the Cape ; — a number of hitherto unnamed gentlemen, who sit down to eat and drink, and rise up to play ; — one or two pretty boys, who saunter about with Lord Byron in hand ; — and Mr. Stevens, the...
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Letters from Madras: During the Years 1836-1839

Julia Charlotte Maitland - 1846 - 168 pages
...hermetically sealed glass case, which he is taking to the Cape ; — a number of hitherto unnamed gentlemen, who sit down to eat and drink, and rise up to play ; — one or two pretty boys, who saunter about with Lord Byron in hand ; — and Mr. Stevens, the...
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A Popular Account of the Manners and Customs of India

Charles Acland - 1847 - 336 pages
...hermetically sealed glass case, which he is taking to the Cape ; — a number of hitherto unnamed gentlemen, who sit down to eat and drink, and rise up to* play ; — one or two pretty boys, who saunter about with Lord Byron in hand ; — and Mr. Stevens, the...
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Monthly Packet, Volume 22

1876 - 649 pages
...the crowded streets, full of glare and gaiety ; or, what answers to such — the gaiety of a people who ' sit down to eat and drink, and rise up to play.' He reached his own splendid hotel, or rather M. de Rohan's, which he still shared with him, and, passing...
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Life on the Farm: And Selections in Prose and Poetry

William Lambie - 1883 - 146 pages
...of paupers than the sons of toil who came from Europe to grow their own bread on their own land. All those who sit down to eat and drink and rise up to play, who live in luxury and idleness, and consume a great deal, and produce nothing, are paupers on their...
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