The Metropolitan, Volume 43James Cochrane, 1845 - English literature |
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... spirit to all this , and render it doubly amusing to children by describing her personages with countenances , voices , and manners characteristic of their natures , and making speeches for them , also in character . This would afford ...
... spirit to all this , and render it doubly amusing to children by describing her personages with countenances , voices , and manners characteristic of their natures , and making speeches for them , also in character . This would afford ...
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... spirit seems rebuked before him . And he is trying to deceive you , Valdo , when he says his com- rade was innocent . Dear Valdo , you have been as a brother to me ever since we met in the Apennines , and I cannot bear to see you ...
... spirit seems rebuked before him . And he is trying to deceive you , Valdo , when he says his com- rade was innocent . Dear Valdo , you have been as a brother to me ever since we met in the Apennines , and I cannot bear to see you ...
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... spirits , and weigh them down . When will it go away ? One , two , three days I have been in sight of the breakfast - room fire , for no other cheering sight has been in reach — not even Raimond . It is quite hearth - chain- ing to ...
... spirits , and weigh them down . When will it go away ? One , two , three days I have been in sight of the breakfast - room fire , for no other cheering sight has been in reach — not even Raimond . It is quite hearth - chain- ing to ...
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... spirits , and dare not risk it . By the way , I must give you a judgment of the concert . I had almost forgotten . Miss Dolby's clear , rich , hautboy voice exhilarated , and her luxuriant beauty tranquillised us . I do not know how ...
... spirits , and dare not risk it . By the way , I must give you a judgment of the concert . I had almost forgotten . Miss Dolby's clear , rich , hautboy voice exhilarated , and her luxuriant beauty tranquillised us . I do not know how ...
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... spirit that even Mrs. Pearse seemed to form an early impression as to her own good judg- ment in forming an engagement with so fit , so proper , and moreover , so hard - working and willing a young woman . For , to speak truly , it took ...
... spirit that even Mrs. Pearse seemed to form an early impression as to her own good judg- ment in forming an engagement with so fit , so proper , and moreover , so hard - working and willing a young woman . For , to speak truly , it took ...
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