Retrospection: A TaleTaylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1821 - 230 pages |
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... board in some respectable family ; and , having fixed upon a part of the country delightful in its scenery , a neighbourhood cheerful in its society , and a family unexceptionable from its general character , I adjusted my affairs , and ...
... board in some respectable family ; and , having fixed upon a part of the country delightful in its scenery , a neighbourhood cheerful in its society , and a family unexceptionable from its general character , I adjusted my affairs , and ...
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... board , announcing " This house to be let ; inquire , & c . & c . " hung by one nail , and was so reversed , as to be scarcely legible to the inquiring passenger . was regretted by every body , that a house so pleasantly situated ...
... board , announcing " This house to be let ; inquire , & c . & c . " hung by one nail , and was so reversed , as to be scarcely legible to the inquiring passenger . was regretted by every body , that a house so pleasantly situated ...
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... board was taken down , the shutters thrown open , and the appearance of busy workmen announced an approaching inhabitant . ` Curiosity was on the alert to obtain in- formation respecting such an important event ; but , in the circle of ...
... board was taken down , the shutters thrown open , and the appearance of busy workmen announced an approaching inhabitant . ` Curiosity was on the alert to obtain in- formation respecting such an important event ; but , in the circle of ...
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... boards . " If we had had the least reason for suspecting that the opinion we have on former occasions expressed , was too partial or too complimentary , the present work would have satisfied us , and we think it will satisfy our readers ...
... boards . " If we had had the least reason for suspecting that the opinion we have on former occasions expressed , was too partial or too complimentary , the present work would have satisfied us , and we think it will satisfy our readers ...
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... boards . " The Anthor of Display comes the nearest to Miss Edgeworth in point of style , and skill in developing characters , of any writer that has yet appeared , but her production is distinguished by fea- tures of its own . We never ...
... boards . " The Anthor of Display comes the nearest to Miss Edgeworth in point of style , and skill in developing characters , of any writer that has yet appeared , but her production is distinguished by fea- tures of its own . We never ...
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Page 136 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 192 - he who ruleth his spirit is greater than he who taketh a. city," the rigid discipline and government, to which Mr.