Off the Skelligs, Том 3King, 1872 |
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... natural not to care for beauty if it was a mere circumstance in the possessor , but not if it was a cherished opinion in the beholder . I felt that the kind of attractiveness he had ac- knowledged was precious ; it was quite incon ...
... natural not to care for beauty if it was a mere circumstance in the possessor , but not if it was a cherished opinion in the beholder . I felt that the kind of attractiveness he had ac- knowledged was precious ; it was quite incon ...
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... natural rent , which in the Isle of Wight would have been called a chine . In one part it contracted so much that a bridge was thrown across it , and looking down as we stood on this bridge , we saw Tom sitting below OFF THE SKELLIGS II.
... natural rent , which in the Isle of Wight would have been called a chine . In one part it contracted so much that a bridge was thrown across it , and looking down as we stood on this bridge , we saw Tom sitting below OFF THE SKELLIGS II.
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... natural . I saved up a great many wise things for him to say , but I could not get him to be interesting . " " Then of course he was not anything like me , " said Valentine . " No , he was not in the least like you . " " Was he at all ...
... natural . I saved up a great many wise things for him to say , but I could not get him to be interesting . " " Then of course he was not anything like me , " said Valentine . " No , he was not in the least like you . " " Was he at all ...
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... natural , I gave him as many other advantages as I could ; his defect was that he was too good , so I made him a clergyman . I used to like his remarks when I made him say them , but when I looked at them afterwards I thought he ...
... natural , I gave him as many other advantages as I could ; his defect was that he was too good , so I made him a clergyman . I used to like his remarks when I made him say them , but when I looked at them afterwards I thought he ...
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... as dear to him as the apple of his eye ? ' I could not stand that ; I said , ' Which eye ? ' Now that seems a natural enough question to ask ; but I sup- pose my long silence made it impressive , for old 52 OFF THE SKELLIGS .
... as dear to him as the apple of his eye ? ' I could not stand that ; I said , ' Which eye ? ' Now that seems a natural enough question to ask ; but I sup- pose my long silence made it impressive , for old 52 OFF THE SKELLIGS .
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