Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 1 |
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... most Scribblers , whatever may be the opinion of their Readers , will consider valid , -that he ventures upon the present Work at the solicitation of his Publisher . CONTENTS OF VOL . I. Page Pleasant Illusions WINTER The.
... most Scribblers , whatever may be the opinion of their Readers , will consider valid , -that he ventures upon the present Work at the solicitation of his Publisher . CONTENTS OF VOL . I. Page Pleasant Illusions WINTER The.
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... reader ex- claim- " What is the value , after all , of your ideal landscape ? it is a picture of nothing ; and the more it is like , the less you must like it . " Pardon me , cour- teous reader . Some sapient critic , in noticing Hunt's ...
... reader ex- claim- " What is the value , after all , of your ideal landscape ? it is a picture of nothing ; and the more it is like , the less you must like it . " Pardon me , cour- teous reader . Some sapient critic , in noticing Hunt's ...
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... reader , who may depend upon the caution with which the different tests were applied , as well as upon the fidelity with which they are reported . A few cartloads of citizen's bones gave me a luxu- riant growth of London pride , plums ...
... reader , who may depend upon the caution with which the different tests were applied , as well as upon the fidelity with which they are reported . A few cartloads of citizen's bones gave me a luxu- riant growth of London pride , plums ...
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... readers , and you may use up the first bad author that you can disinter for all the poppies you may require . Coffee - house waiters will keep you supplied in cummin ; chronologists furnish the best dates , post - office men serve well ...
... readers , and you may use up the first bad author that you can disinter for all the poppies you may require . Coffee - house waiters will keep you supplied in cummin ; chronologists furnish the best dates , post - office men serve well ...
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... reader's inspection : - " Kou - onen peing - tcho onen - chang , King - tang shoo kin Cong - foo - tse ; Chong - choo lee - kee kou - chon whang , To - hi tche - kiang She - whang - te . " The artful allusion to Confucius in the second ...
... reader's inspection : - " Kou - onen peing - tcho onen - chang , King - tang shoo kin Cong - foo - tse ; Chong - choo lee - kee kou - chon whang , To - hi tche - kiang She - whang - te . " The artful allusion to Confucius in the second ...
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