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... hear the door ! Then if the post- man passes , and we do not hear the expected knock , what a pang is there ! It is like the silence of death - of hope ! We think he does it on purpose , and enjoys all the misery of our suspense . I ...
... hear the door ! Then if the post- man passes , and we do not hear the expected knock , what a pang is there ! It is like the silence of death - of hope ! We think he does it on purpose , and enjoys all the misery of our suspense . I ...
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... hear bold and sweet voices , and mount to its repose . I thought it hard to be seized and bound and be- trayed by those in whom I trusted . I grieved that a valiant soldier ( such is Menteith ) should act so . Un- happy ! he must now ...
... hear bold and sweet voices , and mount to its repose . I thought it hard to be seized and bound and be- trayed by those in whom I trusted . I grieved that a valiant soldier ( such is Menteith ) should act so . Un- happy ! he must now ...
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... hear thee discourse thus for hours together . Noble . Hear me , Cromwell , with equal patience on matters more important . We all have our sufferings ; why increase one another's wantonly ? Be the blood Scotch or English , French or ...
... hear thee discourse thus for hours together . Noble . Hear me , Cromwell , with equal patience on matters more important . We all have our sufferings ; why increase one another's wantonly ? Be the blood Scotch or English , French or ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH | 11 |
An Evening at Vauxhall | 27 |
Copyright | |
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