Bede--Stevenson: An Anthology of English ProseJ.M. Dent, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 216
... soon accustomed to the buzzing of the hornets : my nerves are not tremblingly alive , and my literary temper is so happily framed that I am less sensible of pain than of pleasure . The rational pride of an author may be offended ...
... soon accustomed to the buzzing of the hornets : my nerves are not tremblingly alive , and my literary temper is so happily framed that I am less sensible of pain than of pleasure . The rational pride of an author may be offended ...
Page 219
... soon as possible . I sent him a guinea , and promised to come to him directly . I accordingly went as soon as I was drest , and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent , at which he was in a violent passion . I perceived ...
... soon as possible . I sent him a guinea , and promised to come to him directly . I accordingly went as soon as I was drest , and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent , at which he was in a violent passion . I perceived ...
Page 290
... soon seized him , in which his Molly figured away as " Maria . " The letter containing the carmen was endorsed by her , “ Hebrew verses sent me by my honoured husband . I thowt to have had a letter about killing the pig , but must wait ...
... soon seized him , in which his Molly figured away as " Maria . " The letter containing the carmen was endorsed by her , “ Hebrew verses sent me by my honoured husband . I thowt to have had a letter about killing the pig , but must wait ...
Contents
RICHARD HAKLUYT 1552 ?1616 | 53 |
THOMAS DEKKER 1570?1641 | 79 |
George Herbert at Bemerton | 92 |
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