American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 48Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1856 |
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... poor and toiling , for they were never poor ; but far more astonishing it is how soon those who are old forget they were ever young . One whole year had passed : now I should only have to count by moons , and they would swiftly speed ...
... poor and toiling , for they were never poor ; but far more astonishing it is how soon those who are old forget they were ever young . One whole year had passed : now I should only have to count by moons , and they would swiftly speed ...
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... poor girl who watched in vain for her lover in Irving's sad and graceful story . It was at the epoch when that author was the favored guest in London ; and we cannot wonder that , with such reminiscences , West * should cling to the ...
... poor girl who watched in vain for her lover in Irving's sad and graceful story . It was at the epoch when that author was the favored guest in London ; and we cannot wonder that , with such reminiscences , West * should cling to the ...
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... poor me . I had made myself responsible for all the business , and vainly sought an outlet whereby to shirk my re- sponsibility . I called sophistry to my aid , and even deduced a moral from the circumstances of the case , to wit : As ...
... poor me . I had made myself responsible for all the business , and vainly sought an outlet whereby to shirk my re- sponsibility . I called sophistry to my aid , and even deduced a moral from the circumstances of the case , to wit : As ...
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... poor penniless wretch , with nothing to recommend him when his reputed wealth turned out to be a bubble . A small clerk , only . Every body has cut him since . A low fellow , decidedly . ' ' What a narrow escape Miss M must have had ...
... poor penniless wretch , with nothing to recommend him when his reputed wealth turned out to be a bubble . A small clerk , only . Every body has cut him since . A low fellow , decidedly . ' ' What a narrow escape Miss M must have had ...
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... poor girl to the skies only to dash her again into the pit ! ' ' Poor girl ! ' said I , ' such a creature as that ! ' The Florentine was not in a mood to appreciate a joke . I proceeded to say , I would remove the girl to costly ...
... poor girl to the skies only to dash her again into the pit ! ' ' Poor girl ! ' said I , ' such a creature as that ! ' The Florentine was not in a mood to appreciate a joke . I proceeded to say , I would remove the girl to costly ...
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