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Page 15
... wonder and delight . The copy was Cary's translation , with illustrations designed by Flaxman ; and many of the grand , gloomy passages were underlined by pencil and annotated in the unknown tongue , which so completely baffled her ...
... wonder and delight . The copy was Cary's translation , with illustrations designed by Flaxman ; and many of the grand , gloomy passages were underlined by pencil and annotated in the unknown tongue , which so completely baffled her ...
Page 95
... wonder how long her pure heart will reject the vanities and baubles that engross most women ; how long mere abstract study will continue to charm her ; and I tremble when I think of the future to which I know she is looking so eagerly ...
... wonder how long her pure heart will reject the vanities and baubles that engross most women ; how long mere abstract study will continue to charm her ; and I tremble when I think of the future to which I know she is looking so eagerly ...
Page 122
... wonder that I doubted you , but that my doubt proved unjust . This little vault contains no skeleton , no state secrets ; only a picture and a few jewels , my will , and the history of a wrecked , worthless , utterly ruined life ...
... wonder that I doubted you , but that my doubt proved unjust . This little vault contains no skeleton , no state secrets ; only a picture and a few jewels , my will , and the history of a wrecked , worthless , utterly ruined life ...
Page 129
... wonder ! But had he penetrated every nook and cranny of the habitable globe , and traversed the vast zaarahs which science accords the universe , he would have died at last as hungry as Ugolino . I speak advisedly , for the true Io gad ...
... wonder ! But had he penetrated every nook and cranny of the habitable globe , and traversed the vast zaarahs which science accords the universe , he would have died at last as hungry as Ugolino . I speak advisedly , for the true Io gad ...
Page 132
... wonder — the childish lips part , the childish eyes are strained to discover the mystery ; and while the whispering monotone admonishes of howling storms and sinking argosies , she smiles and listens , sees only the glow- ing carmine of ...
... wonder — the childish lips part , the childish eyes are strained to discover the mystery ; and while the whispering monotone admonishes of howling storms and sinking argosies , she smiles and listens , sees only the glow- ing carmine of ...
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