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-satisfaction; but before I had got to the end of the bridge my better feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking... English Prose: From Maundevile to Thackeray - Page 298edited by - 1888 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
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...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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| 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... | |
| Edwin Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - American literature - 1922 - 600 pages
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...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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...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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