The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... attention upon scenes thus perpetually changing , who cannot catch some of the figures before they are made vulgar by reiterated descriptions . It has been discovered by Sir Isaac Newton , that the distinct and primogenial colours are ...
... attention upon scenes thus perpetually changing , who cannot catch some of the figures before they are made vulgar by reiterated descriptions . It has been discovered by Sir Isaac Newton , that the distinct and primogenial colours are ...
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... attention to any scheme of length . " I am , in short , one of those heroic Adventurers , who have thought proper to distinguish themselves by the titles of Buck , Blood , and Nerve . When I am in the country , I am always on horseback ...
... attention to any scheme of length . " I am , in short , one of those heroic Adventurers , who have thought proper to distinguish themselves by the titles of Buck , Blood , and Nerve . When I am in the country , I am always on horseback ...
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... attention , and that my health would soon be destroyed by the torment and distraction of extensive business . I could image to myself no happiness , but in vacant jollity , and uninterrupted leisure ; nor entertain my friends with any ...
... attention , and that my health would soon be destroyed by the torment and distraction of extensive business . I could image to myself no happiness , but in vacant jollity , and uninterrupted leisure ; nor entertain my friends with any ...
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... attention , till I can , with some degree of decency , grow impatient for my dinner . If I could dine all my life I should be happy ; I eat , not because I am hungry , but because I am idle ; but alas ! the time quickly comes when I can ...
... attention , till I can , with some degree of decency , grow impatient for my dinner . If I could dine all my life I should be happy ; I eat , not because I am hungry , but because I am idle ; but alas ! the time quickly comes when I can ...
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... attention , and when it was ended , she perceived that the eyes of the multitude were fixed upon her . One of the horsemen at the same time alighted , and , with great ceremony , entreated her to enter a chariot which was in the retinue ...
... attention , and when it was ended , she perceived that the eyes of the multitude were fixed upon her . One of the horsemen at the same time alighted , and , with great ceremony , entreated her to enter a chariot which was in the retinue ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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