Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 1 |
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... feeling that you are paying taxes for windows which afford you no light ; that for the bright and balmy breathings of Heaven , you are presented with a thick yellow atmosphere , which irritates your eyes , without assisting them to see ...
... feeling that you are paying taxes for windows which afford you no light ; that for the bright and balmy breathings of Heaven , you are presented with a thick yellow atmosphere , which irritates your eyes , without assisting them to see ...
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... feeling that it was perishable as the reflec- tion of the world upon a bubble , insubstantial as the shadow of smoke upon the water ? Such is the slippery nature of realities ; but whoever urged this objection against the imperishable ...
... feeling that it was perishable as the reflec- tion of the world upon a bubble , insubstantial as the shadow of smoke upon the water ? Such is the slippery nature of realities ; but whoever urged this objection against the imperishable ...
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... feeling ? There are thousands of peo- - ple who 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 ...
... feeling ? There are thousands of peo- - ple who 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 ...
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... feelings , and the confusion with which most indivi- duals would be covered , could they be aware that the suggestion of Momus had been realised , and that a window had been secretly opened in their bosoms for public inspection : -but ...
... feelings , and the confusion with which most indivi- duals would be covered , could they be aware that the suggestion of Momus had been realised , and that a window had been secretly opened in their bosoms for public inspection : -but ...
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... feeling , and so spoils our tea that it may gratify our sight . It is hallowed by no fire - side reminiscences , fit only for some ostentatious tea - tippler , whose palate is in his eye , or for some dawdling and slip - shod blue ...
... feeling , and so spoils our tea that it may gratify our sight . It is hallowed by no fire - side reminiscences , fit only for some ostentatious tea - tippler , whose palate is in his eye , or for some dawdling and slip - shod blue ...
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