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Page 29
... sort , and ( sad to say ) without the consolation of a friend , or even a comrade worth having . I have a notion that tenderness and pity are affections occasioned in some measure by living within doors ; certainly , at the time I speak ...
... sort , and ( sad to say ) without the consolation of a friend , or even a comrade worth having . I have a notion that tenderness and pity are affections occasioned in some measure by living within doors ; certainly , at the time I speak ...
Page 54
... sort of half - expected rapture , are Ichilled and borne down for the time under all this load of real earth and water , -but , let these once pass out of sight , and then again the old fanciful notions are restored , and the mere ...
... sort of half - expected rapture , are Ichilled and borne down for the time under all this load of real earth and water , -but , let these once pass out of sight , and then again the old fanciful notions are restored , and the mere ...
Page 93
... sort of deputy - provisionary - subvice - pro- acting - consul of the British sovereign . The poor fellow instantly changed his Greek head - gear for the cap of consular dignity , and insisted upon ac- companying me to the ruins . I ...
... sort of deputy - provisionary - subvice - pro- acting - consul of the British sovereign . The poor fellow instantly changed his Greek head - gear for the cap of consular dignity , and insisted upon ac- companying me to the ruins . I ...
Page 100
... sort of idea which it brought to my mind . I heard it , too , connected with fresh wonders ; for it was said that the woman was now acknowledged as an inspired being by the people of the mountains , and it was even hinted with horror ...
... sort of idea which it brought to my mind . I heard it , too , connected with fresh wonders ; for it was said that the woman was now acknowledged as an inspired being by the people of the mountains , and it was even hinted with horror ...
Page 108
... sort of affair - more like a surplice than any of those blessed creations which our souls love under the names of " dress , " and " frock , " and " boddice , " and " collar , " and " habit - shirt , " and sweet " chemi- sette . " Such ...
... sort of affair - more like a surplice than any of those blessed creations which our souls love under the names of " dress , " and " frock , " and " boddice , " and " collar , " and " habit - shirt , " and sweet " chemi- sette . " Such ...
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