Select British Classics, Volume 25J. Conrad, 1803 - English literature |
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Page 12
... hour when only the dead appear in places of resort and gallantry , and saw hung up the escutcheon of Sir Hannibal , a gentleman who used to frequent this place , and was taken up and interred by the company of Upholders , as having been ...
... hour when only the dead appear in places of resort and gallantry , and saw hung up the escutcheon of Sir Hannibal , a gentleman who used to frequent this place , and was taken up and interred by the company of Upholders , as having been ...
Page 13
... hour of his death ; and am resolved for the future to bury every one forthwith who I hear has an intention to kill me . Since I am upon the subject of my adversaries , I shall here publish a short letter which I have receiv- ed from a ...
... hour of his death ; and am resolved for the future to bury every one forthwith who I hear has an intention to kill me . Since I am upon the subject of my adversaries , I shall here publish a short letter which I have receiv- ed from a ...
Page 25
... hours he spent at home , were in swelling him- " self with October , and rehearsing the wonders he " did in the field . Upon reading your papers , he has " sold his dogs , shook off his dead companions , looked " into his estate , got ...
... hours he spent at home , were in swelling him- " self with October , and rehearsing the wonders he " did in the field . Upon reading your papers , he has " sold his dogs , shook off his dead companions , looked " into his estate , got ...
Page 40
... hour in the win- dow without his collar , where he catched cold , and in an hour after began to bark very hoarse . He had , however , a pretty good night , and we hoped the dan- ger was over ; but for these two nights last past , nei ...
... hour in the win- dow without his collar , where he catched cold , and in an hour after began to bark very hoarse . He had , however , a pretty good night , and we hoped the dan- ger was over ; but for these two nights last past , nei ...
Page 66
... hour before he heard a knocking at the door , and the treading of one who approached the other side of the bed , and who he did not question was the good man of the house . I do not know , whe- ther the story would be better by telling ...
... hour before he heard a knocking at the door , and the treading of one who approached the other side of the bed , and who he did not question was the good man of the house . I do not know , whe- ther the story would be better by telling ...
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