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... circumstances attending the business than can be comprised in the compass of a letter . Without flying into raptures for I must assure you that my judgment as well as my affections are consulted upon this occasion— without flying into ...
... circumstances attending the business than can be comprised in the compass of a letter . Without flying into raptures for I must assure you that my judgment as well as my affections are consulted upon this occasion— without flying into ...
Page 180
... circumstance , but as one who is constantly looking around for stronger shoulders on which to lean , as he instinctively supposes that men most naturally do . Here he represents him as impelled by the circumstances of a great literary ...
... circumstance , but as one who is constantly looking around for stronger shoulders on which to lean , as he instinctively supposes that men most naturally do . Here he represents him as impelled by the circumstances of a great literary ...
Page 473
... circumstances . But if Scott should die - and he had had warning enough that his constitution was not invulnerable and his manager had the task of explaining a cash book which was far from balancing to unsympathetic executors , it might ...
... circumstances . But if Scott should die - and he had had warning enough that his constitution was not invulnerable and his manager had the task of explaining a cash book which was far from balancing to unsympathetic executors , it might ...
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