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English Prose: From Maundevile to Thackeray - Page 298
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The Study of English

Douglas Gordon Crawford - English language - 1919 - 398 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I...
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Essays, English and American

Raymond Macdonald Alden - American essays - 1920 - 492 pages
...and the very coxcombry of charity, school-boy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I myself,...
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Types of the Essay

Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - American essays - 1921 - 432 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I myself,...
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Types of the Essay

Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - American essays - 1921 - 416 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy like, I made him a present of — the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions, with a sweet soothing of self-satisf action; but, before I had got to the end of the bridge, my better feelings returned, and...
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Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading ..., Volume 9

Charles Herbert Sylvester - Children's literature - 1922 - 530 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of—the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I—I myself,...
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JOURNEYS

CHARLES H. SYLVESTER CHROUGH BOOKLAND - 1922 - 530 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of—the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I—I myself,...
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Junior High School Literature ...

William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Readers - 1922 - 600 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking how m ungrateful I had been to my good aunt, to go and give her good gift away to a stranger, that I had...
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Literature and Life, Book 1

Edwin Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - American literature - 1922 - 600 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking how 10 ungrateful I had been to my good aunt, to go and give her good gift away to a stranger, that I had...
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The Modern Student's Book of English Literature

Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - English literature - 1924 - 942 pages
...and the very coxcombry of charity, school-boy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I re I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares...is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope. aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I...
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Century Types of English Literature Chronologically Arranged

George William McClelland - English Literature (selections: Extracts, Etc.) - 1925 - 1180 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, school-boy like, I made him a present of — the whole cake! I a parting groan: These are the sounds we feed upon....recover. DRINK TO-DAY, AND DROWN ALL SORROW Drink aught I knew; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I— I myself,...
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