Memoirs of Mrs. Lætitia BoothbyWilliam Clark Russell H.S. King, 1872 - 322 стор. |
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... Madam , we wits are like razors that have to be ground in order to be kept sharp ; and if we are often silent in company , it is because we perceive the value of œconomy too plainly to part with more than we are compelled to lose when ...
... Madam , we wits are like razors that have to be ground in order to be kept sharp ; and if we are often silent in company , it is because we perceive the value of œconomy too plainly to part with more than we are compelled to lose when ...
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... madam , " I replied , " to make your pleasures mine , which I have not the vanity to believe I shall find similar ; though I shall trust so to esteem your judgment as pre- sently to approach it . " Here methought my Lady Ringwood looked ...
... madam , " I replied , " to make your pleasures mine , which I have not the vanity to believe I shall find similar ; though I shall trust so to esteem your judgment as pre- sently to approach it . " Here methought my Lady Ringwood looked ...
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... Madam , " I answered , " I doubt whether your portrait be more flattering than the truth ; for though I am a stranger to Mr. Bracebridge's per- son , though not to his goodness , yet Mr. Boothby has made him familiar to me by ...
... Madam , " I answered , " I doubt whether your portrait be more flattering than the truth ; for though I am a stranger to Mr. Bracebridge's per- son , though not to his goodness , yet Mr. Boothby has made him familiar to me by ...
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... madam , " said I , “ that the world has grown weary of the customs that our forefathers were used to ; and have resolv'd to seek their diversion by reversing familiar truths , like a brat that finds entertainment in looking at a ...
... madam , " said I , “ that the world has grown weary of the customs that our forefathers were used to ; and have resolv'd to seek their diversion by reversing familiar truths , like a brat that finds entertainment in looking at a ...
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... madam , " he replied , " as to that , I know not whether the Art of keeping still ' would not make a better poem . " " What , " cried I , " are those the sentiments of the poet who sang- ' Hail , loveliest art ! that canst all hearts ...
... madam , " he replied , " as to that , I know not whether the Art of keeping still ' would not make a better poem . " " What , " cried I , " are those the sentiments of the poet who sang- ' Hail , loveliest art ! that canst all hearts ...
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