The Metropolis: A Novel, Том 1

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J.J. Stockdale, 1822
 

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Сторінка 257 - There comes a token like a scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music — summer's eve — or spring — A flower — the wind — the ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
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Сторінка 162 - XVIII. says that his people are in the best possible disposition, dans le meilleur esprit du monde); for I see less temptation to our sex than any where that can be named. In nothing do the youth of France transcend ours ; nor have they aught to render them dangerous to an English woman. I shall...

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