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" I made him a present of - the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up as one is on such occasions with a sweet soothing of self-satisfaction; but before I had got to the end of the bridge my better feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking... "
English Prose: From Maundevile to Thackeray - Page 298
edited by - 1888 - 333 pages
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English Essays

Walter Cochrane Bronson - Digital images - 1905 - 426 pages
...self-denial and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...end of the bridge, my better fee-lings returned, and 10 I burst into tears, thinking how ungrateful I had been to my good aunt to go and give her good gift...
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1775-1817

Edward Verrall Lucas - 1905 - 656 pages
...and the very coxcombry of charity, school-boy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! " I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...self-satisfaction ; but before I had got to the end of the bridge,1 my better feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking how ungrateful I had been to...
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The Life of Charles Lamb, Volume 1

Edward Verrall Lucas - 1906 - 504 pages
...and the very coxcombry of charity, school-boy-like, I made him a present of—the whole cake ! " I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I—I myself,...
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - English essays - 1907 - 264 pages
...and the very coxcombry of charity, school-boy like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I...
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1909 - 444 pages
...and in the vanity of self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, school-boy like, I made him 25 a present of — the whole cake II walked on a little,...had been to my good aunt, to go and give her good 30 gift away to a stranger that I had never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew...
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Journeys Through Bookland

Charles H.Sylevester - 1909 - 594 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of—the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I—I myself,...
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... Select Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - Essays - 1909 - 366 pages
...and the very coxcombry of charity, school-boy-like, I made him a 5 present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...thinking how ungrateful I had been to my good aunt, to 10 go and give her good gift away to a stranger, that I had never seen before, and who might be a bad...
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - English literature - 1910 - 778 pages
...self-denial, anil the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake! I But where is County Guy? 16 BONNY DUNDEE* aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I...
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - English literature - 1910 - 776 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake! I hen wilt thou be perfecter than I. FAUST. Then come...dine with me, ami after meat, We'll canvass every q lipfore I had got to the end of the bridge, my l>etter feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking...
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Selected Essays of Lamb

Charles Lamb - History - 1910 - 352 pages
...selfdenial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboylike, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions, with 15 a sweet soothing of self-satisfaction ; but before I had got to the end of the bridge, my better...
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