Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 pages |
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... Faces - Thrilling Story of a " Broken heart -No Comfort in being Beheaded — A Man who Spoke after his Head was cut off —A Man who Lived after Sensation was Destroyed - Comical Antipathies - Afraid of Boiled Lobsters - A Fish and a Fever ...
... Faces - Thrilling Story of a " Broken heart -No Comfort in being Beheaded — A Man who Spoke after his Head was cut off —A Man who Lived after Sensation was Destroyed - Comical Antipathies - Afraid of Boiled Lobsters - A Fish and a Fever ...
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... face , for he had fervently fallen in a fiery fit of love for the fair Fenella . He feasted her till , fascinated by his faithfulness , she forgot the ferocity of his face , form , and features , and frankly and fondly fixed Friday , 38 ...
... face , for he had fervently fallen in a fiery fit of love for the fair Fenella . He feasted her till , fascinated by his faithfulness , she forgot the ferocity of his face , form , and features , and frankly and fondly fixed Friday , 38 ...
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... face would fly - all except you and I- E ach seeking to alter the spell in their seen E. In these lines , on the death of Lord Hatherton , ( 1863 ) , the initial and final letters are doubled : - Hard was his final fight with ghastly ...
... face would fly - all except you and I- E ach seeking to alter the spell in their seen E. In these lines , on the death of Lord Hatherton , ( 1863 ) , the initial and final letters are doubled : - Hard was his final fight with ghastly ...
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... face ; Young " Samuel's , " now , beaming with piety , Now the proud " Banished Lord's " dark misery , Or " Ugolino's " ghastly visage , wild , Looking stern horror on each starving child ; Delights not less of social sort were thine ...
... face ; Young " Samuel's , " now , beaming with piety , Now the proud " Banished Lord's " dark misery , Or " Ugolino's " ghastly visage , wild , Looking stern horror on each starving child ; Delights not less of social sort were thine ...
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... face never revealed acquaintance with more than twenty years . She was for some days evidently depressed ; then , all at once , her spirits rose as buoyant as ever . This puzzled the court - for people in her eminent position always ...
... face never revealed acquaintance with more than twenty years . She was for some days evidently depressed ; then , all at once , her spirits rose as buoyant as ever . This puzzled the court - for people in her eminent position always ...
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