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Page 250
... wonder , curiosity , and delight , without expecting to be an object of attention in return . I had no relations to the state , no duty to perform , no ties to bind me to others : I had neither friend nor mistress , wife or child . I ...
... wonder , curiosity , and delight , without expecting to be an object of attention in return . I had no relations to the state , no duty to perform , no ties to bind me to others : I had neither friend nor mistress , wife or child . I ...
Page 406
... wonder . Consider the position of a pencil - case in a boy's pocket . You had hardbake in it ; marbles , kept in your purse when the money was all gone ; your mother's purse , knitted so fondly and supplied with a little bit of gold ...
... wonder . Consider the position of a pencil - case in a boy's pocket . You had hardbake in it ; marbles , kept in your purse when the money was all gone ; your mother's purse , knitted so fondly and supplied with a little bit of gold ...
Page 452
... wonder . It is significant that in the greatest religious poem existent , the Book of Job , the argument which convinces the infidel is not ( as has been represented by the merely rational religionism of the eighteenth century ) a ...
... wonder . It is significant that in the greatest religious poem existent , the Book of Job , the argument which convinces the infidel is not ( as has been represented by the merely rational religionism of the eighteenth century ) a ...
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acquainted admiration appeared beauty Ben Jonson better body called character colour Country creature dark death delight discommending Discourse dream Dry Rot E. V. Lucas eyes face fancy father feel Fellow fortune FREEPORT Friedrich Schlegel Friend Sir ROGER Gentleman give half hand happy head hear heard heart heaven Honour human Humour imagination James Miller Jeems kind lady laugh light living look Lord Macbeth Maid manner Master Metaphysics mind morning nature never night object observed occasion once passed passion person play pleased pleasure poor Pyrrhonism Pyrrhus remember ROGER DE COVERLEY ROGER hearing round Samuel Johnson seemed seen sense Servants side Sir Richard Baker soul speak spirit talk tell thee things thou thought tion told town truth turned Uranius whole woman wonder word young