The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... mean the gentle- men who stake an estate against the cunning of those who have none ; for I leave the cure of lunatics to the professors of physic ; I mean the dissolute and indigent ; who in the common phrase , put them- selves in ...
... mean the gentle- men who stake an estate against the cunning of those who have none ; for I leave the cure of lunatics to the professors of physic ; I mean the dissolute and indigent ; who in the common phrase , put them- selves in ...
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... means of happiness which it was not found to afford . The gamester , therefore , of whatever class , plays against manifest odds ; since that which he wins he discovers to be brass , and that which he loses he values as gold . And it ...
... means of happiness which it was not found to afford . The gamester , therefore , of whatever class , plays against manifest odds ; since that which he wins he discovers to be brass , and that which he loses he values as gold . And it ...
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... coach at the end of the street , and that I met with no stop by the way ! ' What an alteration was pro- duced in Agenor's conception of the advantage of his situation , and the means by which it was 36 NO . 96 . ADVENTURER .
... coach at the end of the street , and that I met with no stop by the way ! ' What an alteration was pro- duced in Agenor's conception of the advantage of his situation , and the means by which it was 36 NO . 96 . ADVENTURER .
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... means of happiness which wealth well used could bestow . After the first ceremonies had passed , he threw himself again back in his chair upon my having refused it , looked wistfully at his fingers ' ends , crossed his legs , inquired ...
... means of happiness which wealth well used could bestow . After the first ceremonies had passed , he threw himself again back in his chair upon my having refused it , looked wistfully at his fingers ' ends , crossed his legs , inquired ...
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... means to soothe them into a permission to continue the same course three days longer , and on the evening of the third day descried land . Had the impatience of his crew denied him a few hours of the time requested , what had been his ...
... means to soothe them into a permission to continue the same course three days longer , and on the evening of the third day descried land . Had the impatience of his crew denied him a few hours of the time requested , what had been his ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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