Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 1 |
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... delightful at this season than to contemplate in the quick alternations of rain and sunshine , carefully watering and ... delight , corn , fruit and flowers , to the innu- merable beings , human and animal , whom he has called into ...
... delightful at this season than to contemplate in the quick alternations of rain and sunshine , carefully watering and ... delight , corn , fruit and flowers , to the innu- merable beings , human and animal , whom he has called into ...
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... delight in the misery of his chil- dren , or have created them for other purposes than those of virtuous enjoyment ... delights , and the in- genuity of man has been unceasingly occupied in con- A whole tributing to their increase or ...
... delight in the misery of his chil- dren , or have created them for other purposes than those of virtuous enjoyment ... delights , and the in- genuity of man has been unceasingly occupied in con- A whole tributing to their increase or ...
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... delights of literature - the joys that emanate from the head and heart - books and intellectual society , friend- ship and domestic bliss , every one of these is an in- exhaustible source of joy , whose runnels and streamlets it would ...
... delights of literature - the joys that emanate from the head and heart - books and intellectual society , friend- ship and domestic bliss , every one of these is an in- exhaustible source of joy , whose runnels and streamlets it would ...
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... delight in retailing or even magnifying these doldrums , merely that they may be talking about themselves . They find a pleasure in prating about their pains : the ingenuity of their selfishness rivals the skill of the bee who extracts ...
... delight in retailing or even magnifying these doldrums , merely that they may be talking about themselves . They find a pleasure in prating about their pains : the ingenuity of their selfishness rivals the skill of the bee who extracts ...
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... delight To gaze on that army , the glory of Gaul , As it roll'd in its fierceness of beauty forth , Like a glittering torrent , to deluge the North ! The war - horses ' tramp shook the solid ground , While their neighings aha ! and the ...
... delight To gaze on that army , the glory of Gaul , As it roll'd in its fierceness of beauty forth , Like a glittering torrent , to deluge the North ! The war - horses ' tramp shook the solid ground , While their neighings aha ! and the ...
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