The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... genius , would in our idea be ornamental . The Pan- theon of republican Rome , perfect in its simplicity , yet derived a supplementary grace from the portico superadded by Agrippa . Much meditating on the materials that fill " the chest ...
... genius , would in our idea be ornamental . The Pan- theon of republican Rome , perfect in its simplicity , yet derived a supplementary grace from the portico superadded by Agrippa . Much meditating on the materials that fill " the chest ...
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... genius -the bar ! To the bar , with a heavy heart and aching head , I devoted year after year , and was about to become a tolerable proficient in the black letter , when an epistle from Ireland reached me in Furnival's Inn , and altered ...
... genius -the bar ! To the bar , with a heavy heart and aching head , I devoted year after year , and was about to become a tolerable proficient in the black letter , when an epistle from Ireland reached me in Furnival's Inn , and altered ...
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... genius of the stream . His modest parlour would not ill become the hut of one of the fishermen of Galilee . A huge net in festoons cur- tained his casement ; a salmon - spear , sundry rods , and fish- ing - tackle , hung round the walls ...
... genius of the stream . His modest parlour would not ill become the hut of one of the fishermen of Galilee . A huge net in festoons cur- tained his casement ; a salmon - spear , sundry rods , and fish- ing - tackle , hung round the walls ...
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... genius of Raleigh is forgotten . I have seen some animals feed under the majestic oak on the acorns that fell from its spreading branches ( glande sues læti ) , without once looking up to the parent tree that showered down blessings on ...
... genius of Raleigh is forgotten . I have seen some animals feed under the majestic oak on the acorns that fell from its spreading branches ( glande sues læti ) , without once looking up to the parent tree that showered down blessings on ...
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... genius , and fit to circulate among the most cultivated auditory : for though the mint of his brain now and then would issue a strange and fantastic coinage , ster- ling sense was sure to give it value , and ready wit to pro- mote its ...
... genius , and fit to circulate among the most cultivated auditory : for though the mint of his brain now and then would issue a strange and fantastic coinage , ster- ling sense was sure to give it value , and ready wit to pro- mote its ...
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