The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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Page vii
... sartus ; Ainsworth ; Gleig , the worthy and efficient chaplain- general of Her Majesty's Forces ; Sir David , and FRANK MAHONY . PARIS , Nov. 20 , 1859 . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . It is much to PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION . V11.
... sartus ; Ainsworth ; Gleig , the worthy and efficient chaplain- general of Her Majesty's Forces ; Sir David , and FRANK MAHONY . PARIS , Nov. 20 , 1859 . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . It is much to PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION . V11.
Page xi
... Paris . The 2d of November , being " All Souls ' - day , " had drawn concourse of melancholy people to Père la Chaise , ourselves with the rest ; when our eye was arrested , in a walk of that romantic necropolis , by the faint ...
... Paris . The 2d of November , being " All Souls ' - day , " had drawn concourse of melancholy people to Père la Chaise , ourselves with the rest ; when our eye was arrested , in a walk of that romantic necropolis , by the faint ...
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... Paris yielded to the mighty torrent . After a hasty repast on such simple diet , might the Black Prince appropriately address his girded knights in Shakespearian phrase , Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without ...
... Paris yielded to the mighty torrent . After a hasty repast on such simple diet , might the Black Prince appropriately address his girded knights in Shakespearian phrase , Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without ...
Page 64
... Paris was taken by the allies , and certainly previous to the Queen's trial . But I did not accompany the then simple Harry Brougham , con- tent with what nature had done for me in that particular department . " You will please insert ...
... Paris was taken by the allies , and certainly previous to the Queen's trial . But I did not accompany the then simple Harry Brougham , con- tent with what nature had done for me in that particular department . " You will please insert ...
Page 76
... Parisian fashions , were carefully described ; not- withstanding which , Jack himself , like Diogenes or Sir Charles Wetherell , went about in a most ragged habiliment . To speak with Shakspeare , though not well dressed himself 76 ...
... Parisian fashions , were carefully described ; not- withstanding which , Jack himself , like Diogenes or Sir Charles Wetherell , went about in a most ragged habiliment . To speak with Shakspeare , though not well dressed himself 76 ...
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