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... remarkable for generous beginnings - those nice things in all difficult matters . ' Tis true , I'm no longer very young : but what matters that ? Is the heart ever old ? I enjoy ex- istence as much as ever I did ; and in some things ...
... remarkable for generous beginnings - those nice things in all difficult matters . ' Tis true , I'm no longer very young : but what matters that ? Is the heart ever old ? I enjoy ex- istence as much as ever I did ; and in some things ...
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... remarkable ; but if the suggestion of Jesuit - sagacity has , unfortunately , enhanced the danger , Jesuit - craft can perhaps turn this untoward issue to account , and make it the capital of safer speculation . We shall see . Meanwhile ...
... remarkable ; but if the suggestion of Jesuit - sagacity has , unfortunately , enhanced the danger , Jesuit - craft can perhaps turn this untoward issue to account , and make it the capital of safer speculation . We shall see . Meanwhile ...
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... remarkable fact that all or the greater part of men whose souls were lost for ever , ascribed the calamity to marriage ! The judges of the lower regions induced Pluto to call a council , and it was resolved to send forth one of the dark ...
... remarkable fact that all or the greater part of men whose souls were lost for ever , ascribed the calamity to marriage ! The judges of the lower regions induced Pluto to call a council , and it was resolved to send forth one of the dark ...
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... remarkable for his " luck ; " he has always managed " to fall on his legs . " The report of the Count's death was soon noised abroad . The mystery which it involved en- hanced the excitement of the gay world , and that most prolific ...
... remarkable for his " luck ; " he has always managed " to fall on his legs . " The report of the Count's death was soon noised abroad . The mystery which it involved en- hanced the excitement of the gay world , and that most prolific ...
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... remarkable book - a revealer of secrets , and full of materials for thought . It is written with every appearance of strict and honourable truthfulness . It describes , with a welcome minuteness , the daily , nightly , hourly ...
... remarkable book - a revealer of secrets , and full of materials for thought . It is written with every appearance of strict and honourable truthfulness . It describes , with a welcome minuteness , the daily , nightly , hourly ...
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