Anglo-American Literature and Manners, etc. [Translated by Donald Macleod.]Charles Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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Page 18
... young , whose heads would soon be in danger , attached , in the chapel and during the mass , a lighted candle to the cassock of a fashionable abbé ; what politico - romantic discussions were heard at the restaurateurs ' of Versailles ...
... young , whose heads would soon be in danger , attached , in the chapel and during the mass , a lighted candle to the cassock of a fashionable abbé ; what politico - romantic discussions were heard at the restaurateurs ' of Versailles ...
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... . It is like a young lady of good family , well brought up , a slave to propriety , never elevating the voice , never exaggerating the tone , never guilty of the sin of eloquence , and careful not LITERATURE AND ELOQUENCE . 37.
... . It is like a young lady of good family , well brought up , a slave to propriety , never elevating the voice , never exaggerating the tone , never guilty of the sin of eloquence , and careful not LITERATURE AND ELOQUENCE . 37.
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... the slow progress of the young birds toward perfec- tion , or admire the celerity with which some of them , while yet unfledged , removed themselves from danger to security . I saw . nature . my wishes grew with my 60 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS ...
... the slow progress of the young birds toward perfec- tion , or admire the celerity with which some of them , while yet unfledged , removed themselves from danger to security . I saw . nature . my wishes grew with my 60 ORIGIN AND PROGRESS ...
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... young mind towards the bird and the flower , soon proved her influence upon my heart . Be it enough to say , that the object of my passion has long since blessed me with the name of husband . And now let us return , for who cares to ...
... young mind towards the bird and the flower , soon proved her influence upon my heart . Be it enough to say , that the object of my passion has long since blessed me with the name of husband . And now let us return , for who cares to ...
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... young family amongst the gnawed bits of paper , which , but a few months before , represented nearly a thousand inhabitants of the air ! The burning heat which instantly rushed through my brain was too great to be endured , without ...
... young family amongst the gnawed bits of paper , which , but a few months before , represented nearly a thousand inhabitants of the air ! The burning heat which instantly rushed through my brain was too great to be endured , without ...
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