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Page xxxii
... person he was more than six feet in height , and excep- tionally robust . In the Champion he refers to himself play- fully as a " tall man " who refuses to part with " half his chin " at the request of Mercury . This is an allusion to ...
... person he was more than six feet in height , and excep- tionally robust . In the Champion he refers to himself play- fully as a " tall man " who refuses to part with " half his chin " at the request of Mercury . This is an allusion to ...
Page xxxix
... persons of quality that it is a good thing , and I am resolved not to be in the wrong : let us see which will be weary first , the town of damning , or we of being damned . Mar. jun . Rat the town , I say . Mar. sen . That's a good boy ...
... persons of quality that it is a good thing , and I am resolved not to be in the wrong : let us see which will be weary first , the town of damning , or we of being damned . Mar. jun . Rat the town , I say . Mar. sen . That's a good boy ...
Page xlviii
... persons whom one has met and known . They move and speak in such fashion that we cannot doubt their existence , but feel only gratitude that their personalities are shown by the masterly hand of their discoverer . They are real ...
... persons whom one has met and known . They move and speak in such fashion that we cannot doubt their existence , but feel only gratitude that their personalities are shown by the masterly hand of their discoverer . They are real ...
Page l
... person ; or whether they were really written in the other world , and sent back to this , which is the opinion of many ( though I think too much inclining to superstition ) ; or lastly , whether , as infinitely the greatest part imagine ...
... person ; or whether they were really written in the other world , and sent back to this , which is the opinion of many ( though I think too much inclining to superstition ) ; or lastly , whether , as infinitely the greatest part imagine ...
Page liv
... persons whom he has befriended and partly by the discovery of Blifil's unspeakable villainy , for that young man eventually overreaches himself . In the event Jones is proved to be the son of Allworthy's sister and is acknowledged as ...
... persons whom he has befriended and partly by the discovery of Blifil's unspeakable villainy , for that young man eventually overreaches himself . In the event Jones is proved to be the son of Allworthy's sister and is acknowledged as ...
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