Half-hours with the Best Authors, Volume 4Charles Knight, 1847 - English literature A collection of literature from over three hundred English authors. |
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Page 107
... look down with equal contempt upon all the events of this world , whether of a dreadful or an engaging aspect , even this disposition of mind does not make them happy : nor do they think themselves so ; they have still something to make ...
... look down with equal contempt upon all the events of this world , whether of a dreadful or an engaging aspect , even this disposition of mind does not make them happy : nor do they think themselves so ; they have still something to make ...
Page 280
... look ; White was his better linen , and his check Was made more trim than any on the deck ; And every comfort men at ... look before my life be gone ; Oh , give me that ! and let me not despair- One last fond look - and now repeat the ...
... look ; White was his better linen , and his check Was made more trim than any on the deck ; And every comfort men at ... look before my life be gone ; Oh , give me that ! and let me not despair- One last fond look - and now repeat the ...
Page 296
... look and gesture ; and so strict is the union be- tween the passion and its outward sign , that , where the former is not in some degree felt , the latter can never be perfectly natural , but , if as- sumed , becomes awkward mimicry ...
... look and gesture ; and so strict is the union be- tween the passion and its outward sign , that , where the former is not in some degree felt , the latter can never be perfectly natural , but , if as- sumed , becomes awkward mimicry ...
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