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... present time have not been particularly resorted to , because Mr M'Diarmid , by his tasteful and judicious selection in " The Scrap Book , " has rendered this inexpedient . It was also thought , and the reader will not be back- ward in ...
... present time have not been particularly resorted to , because Mr M'Diarmid , by his tasteful and judicious selection in " The Scrap Book , " has rendered this inexpedient . It was also thought , and the reader will not be back- ward in ...
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... present consider , is equally adapted to all characters and to all causes and circumstances . Eloquence , it would seem , depends , in a great mea- sure , on the strength of the moral feelings ; and I am strongly inclined to imagine ...
... present consider , is equally adapted to all characters and to all causes and circumstances . Eloquence , it would seem , depends , in a great mea- sure , on the strength of the moral feelings ; and I am strongly inclined to imagine ...
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... present at a confer- ence , or were concerned with Desmond , or somebody betrayed the secret to them , or they were themselves my vicegerents in the business : which of these points will they choose to maintain ? I know them too well to ...
... present at a confer- ence , or were concerned with Desmond , or somebody betrayed the secret to them , or they were themselves my vicegerents in the business : which of these points will they choose to maintain ? I know them too well to ...
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... present who did not expect to be crushed by it ; fortunately it fell beyond the spot on which they stood , where it was shattered into a thousand pieces ; and these rolling onwards , were carried with great velocity into the valley ...
... present who did not expect to be crushed by it ; fortunately it fell beyond the spot on which they stood , where it was shattered into a thousand pieces ; and these rolling onwards , were carried with great velocity into the valley ...
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... present injury . ' Whatever happens during this life is well ; God ordains it . If we live , we shall smoke so much tobacco , enjoy so many Circassians , saunter away so many hours in our baths . If death comes to- morrow , we have kept ...
... present injury . ' Whatever happens during this life is well ; God ordains it . If we live , we shall smoke so much tobacco , enjoy so many Circassians , saunter away so many hours in our baths . If death comes to- morrow , we have kept ...
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ancient appear Bachelor beauty Benedict breath caboceer called cataract Catiline CHAP character church Demonax Devil Don Quixote Dr Johnson dreadful Duke of Burgundy earth EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE effect English equal eyes fall FAUST feel fire friends genius Gil Blas give gold Greek hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honour human Hyder Ali imagination Ioannina Jaffa king less live look Lord magnificent manner MARGARET ment Mephistopheles merits mind morning nature never night o'er object observed Odoacer opinion ornaments palaces passages peculiar perhaps persons pleasure poet poetical poetry possess principles racter replied the Nymph respect Roman round scarcely scene sentiments Shirley Sibylline books side song Sotheby's soul spirit steam stood style sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth Warburton whole