Essays of Elia and Eliana... with a Memoir by Barry Cornwall, Volume 1Bell, 1892 |
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... once took issue with the previous verdicts , and examined the matter in his own way . If a man was unfortunate he gave him money . If he was calumniated , he accorded him sympathy . He gave freely ; not to merit , but to want . He ...
... once took issue with the previous verdicts , and examined the matter in his own way . If a man was unfortunate he gave him money . If he was calumniated , he accorded him sympathy . He gave freely ; not to merit , but to want . He ...
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... Once , when walking with his sister through some churchyard , he inquired anxiously , " where do the naughty people lie ? " the unqualified panegyrics which he encountered on the tombstones doubtless suggesting the inquiry . Mr. Samuel ...
... Once , when walking with his sister through some churchyard , he inquired anxiously , " where do the naughty people lie ? " the unqualified panegyrics which he encountered on the tombstones doubtless suggesting the inquiry . Mr. Samuel ...
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... once heard him repeat , in a fond tender voice , when the subject of poets or poetry came under discussion , the following beautiful lines from the Epistle to Simpson of Ochiltree . The Muse , nae poet ever fand her , Till by himsel he ...
... once heard him repeat , in a fond tender voice , when the subject of poets or poetry came under discussion , the following beautiful lines from the Epistle to Simpson of Ochiltree . The Muse , nae poet ever fand her , Till by himsel he ...
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... once a pupil in Christ's Hospital , possessing a good reputation as a classical scholar , and who had preceded Lamb in the school , about this time came into the circle of his familiars . Dyer was one of the simplest and most ...
... once a pupil in Christ's Hospital , possessing a good reputation as a classical scholar , and who had preceded Lamb in the school , about this time came into the circle of his familiars . Dyer was one of the simplest and most ...
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... once expresses his extreme distaste for didactic writing . Now , he says , it is too directly instructive . Then he complains that the knowledge , insignificant and vapid as it is , must come in the shape of know- ledge . He could not ...
... once expresses his extreme distaste for didactic writing . Now , he says , it is too directly instructive . Then he complains that the knowledge , insignificant and vapid as it is , must come in the shape of know- ledge . He could not ...
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