 I took the book from her hand ; a short, thick volume, at least a century old, bound with greasy black leather. I turned the yellow and dog's-eared pages, reading here and there a sentence. Yes, and no mistake ! His pen, his style, his spirit might be...  Lavengro: The Scholar--the Gypsy--the Priest - Page 31by George Henry Borrow - 1851Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1851 - 902 pages
...away with it." ' I took the book from her hand ; a short, thick volume, at least a century old, bound with greasy black leather. I turned the yellow and...dog's-eared pages, reading here and there a sentence. Yea, and no mistake ! His pen, his style, his spirit might be observed in every line of the uncouth-looking... | |
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...away with it." I took the book from her hand; a short, thick volume, at least a century old, bound with greasy black leather. I turned the yellow and...style, his spirit might be observed in every line of 141 the uncouth-looking old volume — the air, the style, the spirit of the writer of the book which... | |
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...Flanders." I took the book from her hand, — a short, thick volume, at least a century old, bound with greasy black leather. I turned the yellow and...writer of the book which first taught me to read. . . . "This is a singular book," says I, at last. "But it does not appear to have been written to prove... | |
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