The man without a profession1844 |
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... sort of ennui and weariness of life , and after a few years ' possession he died , as the apothecary averred , " of having nothing to do . " Previous to that event , the retired mer- chant had made his will in a very business- like ...
... sort of ennui and weariness of life , and after a few years ' possession he died , as the apothecary averred , " of having nothing to do . " Previous to that event , the retired mer- chant had made his will in a very business- like ...
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... sort of regret at the death of a rich uncle , which usually accompanies the decease of such relatives on such occasions . From professional habits he paid a willing obedience to the strict injunctions expressed in the will , " that the ...
... sort of regret at the death of a rich uncle , which usually accompanies the decease of such relatives on such occasions . From professional habits he paid a willing obedience to the strict injunctions expressed in the will , " that the ...
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... sort of breakfast that he gives sometimes , especially on a cold frosty morning , when it isn't so pleasant to get out of a warm bed to be flogged . It was Browne gave us the breakfast , and a capital fellow he is ; -lots of hot rolls ...
... sort of breakfast that he gives sometimes , especially on a cold frosty morning , when it isn't so pleasant to get out of a warm bed to be flogged . It was Browne gave us the breakfast , and a capital fellow he is ; -lots of hot rolls ...
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... sort just spread about , so that you might just peck at them while you were waiting to be served ; it was all done in capital style , and we made a regular brozier of poor Browne's breakfast " " A brozier , my dear boy ! -what's that ...
... sort just spread about , so that you might just peck at them while you were waiting to be served ; it was all done in capital style , and we made a regular brozier of poor Browne's breakfast " " A brozier , my dear boy ! -what's that ...
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... sort of education which is good enough for the first nobility and gentry in the kingdom , must be good for our son as well as theirs . " " Besides , my dear , " suggested Mrs. Cover- ley , " our Frank is not obliged to attend to common ...
... sort of education which is good enough for the first nobility and gentry in the kingdom , must be good for our son as well as theirs . " " Besides , my dear , " suggested Mrs. Cover- ley , " our Frank is not obliged to attend to common ...
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acquaintance affairs apothecary arrived asked attention barrister Brazilian girl Brazils clergyman Colonel Yelloley Constanza countenance course Coverley Hall Coverley's daughter dear boy dear Clara door Drudge editor Eton eyes father favour fear feel felt fortune Frank Coverley French language gentleman girl give gout Gray's Inn hand head heart hope Huntham Latin leave letter literary London look Lord Louisa maid matter Matthew Carl means ment mind Miss Carlton Miss Lesley morning mother never newspaper observed occasion once opportunity OTLEY painful paper Parr perhaps person Playfair political poor Portuguese pounds present priest profession replied returned Sambo seemed shew Sir Matthew Carlton Skinnom smile sorrow sort speak stranger Sunderland suppose sure talk tell there's thing thought tion Tom Hodges took Wideacre wife word write young lady
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Сторінка 42 - What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ? While some on earnest business bent Their murm'ring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry; Still as they rim they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind.
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Сторінка 165 - ... 1844 novel The Man Without a Profession, an experienced London journalist, Mr. Seedy, gives a young novelist advice about the publishing industry: the sale of a work depends not on the merits of the book, but on the personal reputation of the author ... so that an author must write several works . . . before his name becomes popular. Then, when his name is up, he may for some time sell anything that is not positively and glaringly bad . . . When the name of an author is well up, he can obtain...