Retrospection: A TaleTaylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1821 - 230 pages |
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... dear brother , as a protection from the impertinences of my daily tormentor ; and the contrast which I continually made in imagina- tion between the two characters , aggra- vated my regret ; but I sullenly brooded over these ...
... dear brother , as a protection from the impertinences of my daily tormentor ; and the contrast which I continually made in imagina- tion between the two characters , aggra- vated my regret ; but I sullenly brooded over these ...
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... dear , do , " said Iā for I could not decently say " No. " . And so , the next morning , came a gen- tle tap at my chamber - door , with " It's six o'clock , ma'am . ā Six o'clock ! thought I , that is early ; however , after a little ...
... dear , do , " said Iā for I could not decently say " No. " . And so , the next morning , came a gen- tle tap at my chamber - door , with " It's six o'clock , ma'am . ā Six o'clock ! thought I , that is early ; however , after a little ...
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... dear , oh dear ! " said she , as she picked up the useless fragments with vexation in her face , " this china was my 30 RETROSPECTION .
... dear , oh dear ! " said she , as she picked up the useless fragments with vexation in her face , " this china was my 30 RETROSPECTION .
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... dear mother , from the persuasion of her own impending dissolu- tion , had not been remiss in warning me of them , and urging upon me the neces- sity of preparation for the circumstances in which I was to be placed . These prudential ...
... dear mother , from the persuasion of her own impending dissolu- tion , had not been remiss in warning me of them , and urging upon me the neces- sity of preparation for the circumstances in which I was to be placed . These prudential ...
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... dear mother's time , I had taken it into my head to work a carpet ; she did not approve of the undertaking , and from what she knew of my disposition , as well as from the magnitude of the task , she augured that it would never be ...
... dear mother's time , I had taken it into my head to work a carpet ; she did not approve of the undertaking , and from what she knew of my disposition , as well as from the magnitude of the task , she augured that it would never be ...
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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.ā
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