A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best Suited to that Mode of Enjoyment : with Comments on Each, and a General Introduction |
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Page 27
... voice , that may not talk an immoderate deal of nonsense to you . You are at present , my dear , in a very philosophical disposition ; the gaieties and follies of life have no attraction for you ; its sorrows you kindly commiserate ...
... voice , that may not talk an immoderate deal of nonsense to you . You are at present , my dear , in a very philosophical disposition ; the gaieties and follies of life have no attraction for you ; its sorrows you kindly commiserate ...
Page 68
... voice that I had heard ( my own excepted ) for above five - and - twenty years : but there was no time for such reflections now : the savage who was knocked down recovered himself so far as to sit up upon the ground ; and I perceived ...
... voice that I had heard ( my own excepted ) for above five - and - twenty years : but there was no time for such reflections now : the savage who was knocked down recovered himself so far as to sit up upon the ground ; and I perceived ...
Page 75
... voices which he hears at night , the fall of some unknown weight at his door , the puzzle about the graundee that has been slit , and the first movements of the winged beauty over the lake , are all points particularly well - felt and ...
... voices which he hears at night , the fall of some unknown weight at his door , the puzzle about the graundee that has been slit , and the first movements of the winged beauty over the lake , are all points particularly well - felt and ...
Page 76
... voices , and sometimes very loud ; but though I could easily distinguish the articulations , I could not understand the least word that was said ; nor did the voices seem at all to me like such as I had anywhere heard before , but much ...
... voices , and sometimes very loud ; but though I could easily distinguish the articulations , I could not understand the least word that was said ; nor did the voices seem at all to me like such as I had anywhere heard before , but much ...
Page 77
... voices , or seeing any one , I began to be more composed in my mind , and at last grew persuaded it was all a mere delusion , and only a fancy of mine without any real foundation ; and some- times , though I was sure I was fully awake ...
... voices , or seeing any one , I began to be more composed in my mind , and at last grew persuaded it was all a mere delusion , and only a fancy of mine without any real foundation ; and some- times , though I was sure I was fully awake ...
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