Retrospection: A TaleTaylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1821 - 230 pages |
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... short , brought matters to a point , and despatched the business with promptness and decision ; by saying , that if any other situation or profession pleased him better , as it made no material difference to him , he should not be at ...
... short , brought matters to a point , and despatched the business with promptness and decision ; by saying , that if any other situation or profession pleased him better , as it made no material difference to him , he should not be at ...
Page 33
... short time no vestiges of my former indisposi tion remained . A favourable juncture this to invoke the Muses , and they graciously hailed my recovery , and renewed their smiles ; and now , influenced by the rural scenery , I no longer ...
... short time no vestiges of my former indisposi tion remained . A favourable juncture this to invoke the Muses , and they graciously hailed my recovery , and renewed their smiles ; and now , influenced by the rural scenery , I no longer ...
Page 47
... short intervals of relaxation which he allowed himself . I have reason to believe that he felt the loss of his wife in these respects in a degree which he had not anticipated ; for I must con- fess that my domestic management did me ...
... short intervals of relaxation which he allowed himself . I have reason to believe that he felt the loss of his wife in these respects in a degree which he had not anticipated ; for I must con- fess that my domestic management did me ...
Page 57
... short time my mo- ther and this young gentleman perfectly understood each other : the significant looks which were interchanged between them , admitted of no misconstruction ; and this close intimacy and league in- creased my aversion ...
... short time my mo- ther and this young gentleman perfectly understood each other : the significant looks which were interchanged between them , admitted of no misconstruction ; and this close intimacy and league in- creased my aversion ...
Page 75
... short a term . I certainly should have felt some- what embarrassed and uncomfortable , however , at facing my friends and ac- quaintance , in the recollection of my recent flight from home , had I not hoped · that their attention would ...
... short a term . I certainly should have felt some- what embarrassed and uncomfortable , however , at facing my friends and ac- quaintance , in the recollection of my recent flight from home , had I not hoped · that their attention would ...
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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.
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