The Bachelor's Wife: A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations |
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Page 20
... turning over the leaves of De Hum- boldt's Travels , I felt myself very pleasingly interested by his vigorous description of the catastrophe which befell the city of Caraccas . I shall read it to you . " AN EARTHQUAKE . " A great ...
... turning over the leaves of De Hum- boldt's Travels , I felt myself very pleasingly interested by his vigorous description of the catastrophe which befell the city of Caraccas . I shall read it to you . " AN EARTHQUAKE . " A great ...
Page 79
... turned , in whose opinion all acquiesce with alacrity , or are speedily brought over by his arguments , and who , in cases of more than common difficulty and importance , is always selected to act as the common representative ? Be ...
... turned , in whose opinion all acquiesce with alacrity , or are speedily brought over by his arguments , and who , in cases of more than common difficulty and importance , is always selected to act as the common representative ? Be ...
Page 87
... turned with a fixed aversion or a cold pity ; that , by the sentence of nature written on his forehead , he is cut off from the common privilege of the human face divine , endearing smiles and sympathetic expression ; and , amid the ...
... turned with a fixed aversion or a cold pity ; that , by the sentence of nature written on his forehead , he is cut off from the common privilege of the human face divine , endearing smiles and sympathetic expression ; and , amid the ...
Page 107
... turned over the papers , till she found the piece , and then began to read . A BALLAD ON OLD AGE . Come any gentle poet Who wants a mournful page , His theme I soon will show it ; Oh , sing the woes of age ! He sure must weep for pity ...
... turned over the papers , till she found the piece , and then began to read . A BALLAD ON OLD AGE . Come any gentle poet Who wants a mournful page , His theme I soon will show it ; Oh , sing the woes of age ! He sure must weep for pity ...
Page 114
... turning carefully over the leaves of several books which happened to be lying on the table , 66 seem to me to hold a place , in their habits , man- ners , and pursuits , between the Europeans and Asiatics . They have a great deal of the ...
... turning carefully over the leaves of several books which happened to be lying on the table , 66 seem to me to hold a place , in their habits , man- ners , and pursuits , between the Europeans and Asiatics . They have a great deal of the ...
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