 I made him a present of - the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up as one is on such occasions with a sweet soothing of self-satisfaction; but before I had got to the end of the bridge my better feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking...  English Prose: From Maundevile to Thackeray - Page 298edited by - 1888 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1822 - 694 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! 1 walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...soothing of selfsatisfaction ; but before I had got to tlie end of the bridge, my better feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking how ungrateful... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Essays - 1835 - 440 pages
...and the very coxcombry of charity, school-boy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I --1 myself,... | |
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...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking that I — I myself, and... | |
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...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking that I — I myself, and... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1836 - 362 pages
...and the very coxcombry of charity, school-boy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I... | |
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...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy -like, I made him a present of— the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I... | |
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...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I myself,... | |
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...him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up. as one is on such PART i. 12 occasions, with a sweet soothing of self-satisfaction...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I... | |
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...him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such PART i. 12 occasions, with a sweet soothing of self-satisfaction...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking _ in thinking that I —... | |
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