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... mind will appear ; in its playfulness as well as its gravity , in its joys and its sorrows , and the gradual progress of his opinions be fairly traced , from the visionary views of his early youth , up to the fixed and settled ...
... mind will appear ; in its playfulness as well as its gravity , in its joys and its sorrows , and the gradual progress of his opinions be fairly traced , from the visionary views of his early youth , up to the fixed and settled ...
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... mind the time when it was first shown me , and the amusement which it then afforded me . It was a love poem , ad- dressed to my grandmother during the days of court- ship ; it intimated some jealousy of a rival , who was called Strephon ...
... mind the time when it was first shown me , and the amusement which it then afforded me . It was a love poem , ad- dressed to my grandmother during the days of court- ship ; it intimated some jealousy of a rival , who was called Strephon ...
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... mind a faint re- semblance of her face . My brother Thomas came into the world 1777 ; Louisa next , in 1779. This was a beautiful creature , the admiration of all who beheld her . My aunt Mary was one day walking with her down Union ...
... mind a faint re- semblance of her face . My brother Thomas came into the world 1777 ; Louisa next , in 1779. This was a beautiful creature , the admiration of all who beheld her . My aunt Mary was one day walking with her down Union ...
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... mind . In one respect this was happy for him . His wife was a kind , plain - mannered domestic woman ; her clothes caught fire one day , she ran into the street in flames , and was burnt to death . Mrs. Coleridge , who was then a girl ...
... mind . In one respect this was happy for him . His wife was a kind , plain - mannered domestic woman ; her clothes caught fire one day , she ran into the street in flames , and was burnt to death . Mrs. Coleridge , who was then a girl ...
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... mind which had been for years and years forgotten ! It is said that when earth is flung to the surface in digging a well , plants will spring up which are not found in the surrounding country , seeds having quickened in light and air ...
... mind which had been for years and years forgotten ! It is said that when earth is flung to the surface in digging a well , plants will spring up which are not found in the surrounding country , seeds having quickened in light and air ...
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