Gossip about Letters and Letter-writersEdmonston and Douglas, 1873 - 256 pages |
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Page 27
... they know what brought them there . We were also obliged to have all or the greatest part of the officers here who came home with us , with upwards of 28 Published Correspondence . twenty non - commissioned officers and.
... they know what brought them there . We were also obliged to have all or the greatest part of the officers here who came home with us , with upwards of 28 Published Correspondence . twenty non - commissioned officers and.
Page 37
... obliged to live without reproach if he would live without misery . " In 1838 ( fourteen years after Joubert's death ) , Chateau- briand edited a volume of his fragments , of which an admirable notice appeared in the Revue des Deux ...
... obliged to live without reproach if he would live without misery . " In 1838 ( fourteen years after Joubert's death ) , Chateau- briand edited a volume of his fragments , of which an admirable notice appeared in the Revue des Deux ...
Page 44
... obliging than your kind remembrance of me in so many places . As to your ten lustres , I remember when I complained in a letter to Prior that I was fifty years old , he was half angry in jest , and answered me out of Terence -Ista ...
... obliging than your kind remembrance of me in so many places . As to your ten lustres , I remember when I complained in a letter to Prior that I was fifty years old , he was half angry in jest , and answered me out of Terence -Ista ...
Page 66
... obliged him to live on slops , and that better fare was not in the house ; observing , at the same time , that a milk diet was certainly the most healthful ; and at eight o'clock he again recommended a regular life , declaring that for ...
... obliged him to live on slops , and that better fare was not in the house ; observing , at the same time , that a milk diet was certainly the most healthful ; and at eight o'clock he again recommended a regular life , declaring that for ...
Page 68
... obliged to stay . On my going , the counsellor offered me his purse , with a horse and servant to convey me home ; but the latter I declined , and only took a guinea to bear my necessary expenses on the road . OLIVER GOLDSMITH . To Mrs ...
... obliged to stay . On my going , the counsellor offered me his purse , with a horse and servant to convey me home ; but the latter I declined , and only took a guinea to bear my necessary expenses on the road . OLIVER GOLDSMITH . To Mrs ...
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