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Page 95
... replied Egeria ; " but the Arcadia is not so mawkish a thing as you seem to consider it . Not only does it possess many literary beauties , but there is the spirit of a fine enthusiasm spread over it , breathing virtue and benevolence ...
... replied Egeria ; " but the Arcadia is not so mawkish a thing as you seem to consider it . Not only does it possess many literary beauties , but there is the spirit of a fine enthusiasm spread over it , breathing virtue and benevolence ...
Page 98
... replied the Lady ; " for , with the exception of Bacon's Essays , I scarcely recollect any of the little works of that period which have been republished in our time ; but his , you will say , belong rather to the age of her suc- cessor ...
... replied the Lady ; " for , with the exception of Bacon's Essays , I scarcely recollect any of the little works of that period which have been republished in our time ; but his , you will say , belong rather to the age of her suc- cessor ...
Page 105
... replied Benedict , - " when the proper occasion arises ; meanwhile , have you found any thing else that pleases you ? " " O they all please me , " said Egeria briskly ; " and here is a humorous effusion , that seems to have been written ...
... replied Benedict , - " when the proper occasion arises ; meanwhile , have you found any thing else that pleases you ? " " O they all please me , " said Egeria briskly ; " and here is a humorous effusion , that seems to have been written ...
Page 107
... replied the Bachelor with a mourn- ful accent , " but read me the short ballad on old age . I remember , when I heard it at first , it struck me as one of the most plaintive and simple complaints I had ever met with . It is in my ...
... replied the Bachelor with a mourn- ful accent , " but read me the short ballad on old age . I remember , when I heard it at first , it struck me as one of the most plaintive and simple complaints I had ever met with . It is in my ...
Page 108
... replied the Bachelor , " I do not certainly know ; but the Essay on Deformity was printed in some periodical work at the time it was written , and I recollect it obtained a warm commendation from the editor . The author then was very ...
... replied the Bachelor , " I do not certainly know ; but the Essay on Deformity was printed in some periodical work at the time it was written , and I recollect it obtained a warm commendation from the editor . The author then was very ...
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