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... feeling as he did , acquitted himself on this occasion in a manner highly credible to his " courageous sense of duty " . In a limited sense , that may be true too . It was Jeffrey's nature to attack , to cavil . He was always prodigal ...
... feeling as he did , acquitted himself on this occasion in a manner highly credible to his " courageous sense of duty " . In a limited sense , that may be true too . It was Jeffrey's nature to attack , to cavil . He was always prodigal ...
Page 572
... feeling of my exertions proving useless . Yet to save Abbotsford I would attempt all that was possible . My heart clings to the place I have created . There is scarce a tree on it that does not owe its being to me , and the pain of ...
... feeling of my exertions proving useless . Yet to save Abbotsford I would attempt all that was possible . My heart clings to the place I have created . There is scarce a tree on it that does not owe its being to me , and the pain of ...
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... feels that there must be , and if he cannot find it , imagination supplies the deficiency . understand his attitude , we ... feeling of compunction with which he then found himself obliged to stand before those with whom he had , through ...
... feels that there must be , and if he cannot find it , imagination supplies the deficiency . understand his attitude , we ... feeling of compunction with which he then found himself obliged to stand before those with whom he had , through ...
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