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A man who writes in that strain of his own wife at the close of life cannot have been the cynic he at times represents himself to be . Many of Osborne's estimates of mankind are astute and memorable , such as we might expect from " a ...
A man who writes in that strain of his own wife at the close of life cannot have been the cynic he at times represents himself to be . Many of Osborne's estimates of mankind are astute and memorable , such as we might expect from " a ...
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I was intended by nature for a distinguished man of letters ; I am sometimes devoured with the longing to write , if it were only for myself . ... I feel drawn towards literature and poetry by a charm which makes me miserable .
I was intended by nature for a distinguished man of letters ; I am sometimes devoured with the longing to write , if it were only for myself . ... I feel drawn towards literature and poetry by a charm which makes me miserable .
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It remains only to see how the Queen herself writes on the subject when sending instructions to Robert Ridolfi to give to the Pope . She writes : “ Tell to his Highness the grief we suffered when we were made prisoner by one of our own ...
It remains only to see how the Queen herself writes on the subject when sending instructions to Robert Ridolfi to give to the Pope . She writes : “ Tell to his Highness the grief we suffered when we were made prisoner by one of our own ...
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Palace An Old and an Old High Town By PERCY FITZGERALD | 70 |
Parsonages Country By Rev M G WATKINS M | 226 |
Pity of It The By A WERNER | 280 |
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