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Page 132
... spirits just as if I knew not what was going to befall me . I can sometimes resist this suc- cessfully , but it is better to evade than to combat it . The hang - dog spirit may have originated in the confusion and chucking about of our ...
... spirits just as if I knew not what was going to befall me . I can sometimes resist this suc- cessfully , but it is better to evade than to combat it . The hang - dog spirit may have originated in the confusion and chucking about of our ...
Page 278
... spirits . While they were talking together , Johnson , who sate beside in a kind of reverie , suddenly broke out , " You should read this new work , madam - you should read Evelina ; every one says it is excellent , and they are right ...
... spirits . While they were talking together , Johnson , who sate beside in a kind of reverie , suddenly broke out , " You should read this new work , madam - you should read Evelina ; every one says it is excellent , and they are right ...
Page 557
... spirits , or the tremor cordis of which I have sometimes such unpleasant visits . Dissipation , and a succession of trifling engagements , prevent the mind from throwing itself out in the manner calculated to exhaust the owner and to ...
... spirits , or the tremor cordis of which I have sometimes such unpleasant visits . Dissipation , and a succession of trifling engagements , prevent the mind from throwing itself out in the manner calculated to exhaust the owner and to ...
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