Temple Bar, Volume 9George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates Ward and Lock, 1863 - English periodicals |
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... feel generously towards this happy successor , in the bitter- ness of his own enforced idleness . " What opportunities this man has ! " he thought ; " I never had such chances . " It is almost impossible for me to faithfully describe ...
... feel generously towards this happy successor , in the bitter- ness of his own enforced idleness . " What opportunities this man has ! " he thought ; " I never had such chances . " It is almost impossible for me to faithfully describe ...
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... feel the hot blast of the burning air . He could almost hear the shouts of victory . And he was a prisoner here , bound by a sacred duty , -by a duty which he owed to the dead . " Major Lawford - Major Lawford is Belinda's papa ; 33d ...
... feel the hot blast of the burning air . He could almost hear the shouts of victory . And he was a prisoner here , bound by a sacred duty , -by a duty which he owed to the dead . " Major Lawford - Major Lawford is Belinda's papa ; 33d ...
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... feel a stronger interest in the hero of the tale ? She was interested in him . Alas ! the truth must be set down , even if it has to be in the plain old commonplace words . She fell in love with him . But love in this innocent and ...
... feel a stronger interest in the hero of the tale ? She was interested in him . Alas ! the truth must be set down , even if it has to be in the plain old commonplace words . She fell in love with him . But love in this innocent and ...
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George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates. a sentiment she did not feel . She blushed rosy red when Edward Arundel spoke to ... feeling ; and she had never for a moment thought of Edward otherwise than as a man who would go to his grave faithful ...
George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates. a sentiment she did not feel . She blushed rosy red when Edward Arundel spoke to ... feeling ; and she had never for a moment thought of Edward otherwise than as a man who would go to his grave faithful ...
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... feeling of the grass to our poor jaded hoofs , during the month or six weeks which we are turned into the paddock to kick up our heels . I have sometimes gone out of Town with a portion of my harness still about me — a bag full of books ...
... feeling of the grass to our poor jaded hoofs , during the month or six weeks which we are turned into the paddock to kick up our heels . I have sometimes gone out of Town with a portion of my harness still about me — a bag full of books ...
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