Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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Page 34
... , but which may not be finished on Monday . I cannot make up my mind to tell you ; guess it ; I give you three guesses . Do you give it up ? ( Jetez - vous votre langue Contemplated Marriage . aux chiens ? ) Well , then.
... , but which may not be finished on Monday . I cannot make up my mind to tell you ; guess it ; I give you three guesses . Do you give it up ? ( Jetez - vous votre langue Contemplated Marriage . aux chiens ? ) Well , then.
Page 43
... mind is reflected in almost everything he wrote ; and accordingly we very rarely meet with the smallest approach to either loftiness of thought or delicacy of sentiment . A curious mixture of sunny playfulness and dismal despondency ...
... mind is reflected in almost everything he wrote ; and accordingly we very rarely meet with the smallest approach to either loftiness of thought or delicacy of sentiment . A curious mixture of sunny playfulness and dismal despondency ...
Page 51
... mind , that the church is the proper place to make love in ; and the peepers behind a fan , who divided their glances be- tween their lovers and their prayer - book , were not at all modester than those that now laugh aloud in public ...
... mind , that the church is the proper place to make love in ; and the peepers behind a fan , who divided their glances be- tween their lovers and their prayer - book , were not at all modester than those that now laugh aloud in public ...
Page 55
... mind . One of his most frequent correspondents , Lady Hes- keth , when referring to the same subject , en- forces the propriety of always writing ' what comes uppermost , ' in accordance with the opinion and occasional practice of ...
... mind . One of his most frequent correspondents , Lady Hes- keth , when referring to the same subject , en- forces the propriety of always writing ' what comes uppermost , ' in accordance with the opinion and occasional practice of ...
Page 58
... mind , that he wrote at a period when every man of letters considered that an idea was greatly enhanced in value when expressed in Latin ; and moreover , the blemish in ques- tion entirely disappears in his later life . The bulk , as ...
... mind , that he wrote at a period when every man of letters considered that an idea was greatly enhanced in value when expressed in Latin ; and moreover , the blemish in ques- tion entirely disappears in his later life . The bulk , as ...
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