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Pagina 14
... French Exhibition- room , and thought I should not be able to get a sight of the Old Masters . I just caught a peep at them through the door ( vile hindrance ! ) like looking out of purgatory into paradise — from Poussin's noble mellow ...
... French Exhibition- room , and thought I should not be able to get a sight of the Old Masters . I just caught a peep at them through the door ( vile hindrance ! ) like looking out of purgatory into paradise — from Poussin's noble mellow ...
Pagina 15
... French ; and brought away with me some loose draughts and fragments , which I have been forced to part with , like drops of life - blood , for " hard money . " How often , thou tenantless mansion of godlike magnificence — how often has ...
... French ; and brought away with me some loose draughts and fragments , which I have been forced to part with , like drops of life - blood , for " hard money . " How often , thou tenantless mansion of godlike magnificence — how often has ...
Pagina 22
... French Minister that if the French people had a fault , it was that they were too serious , the latter replied that if that was his opinion , he must defend it with all his might , for he would have all the world against him ; so I ...
... French Minister that if the French people had a fault , it was that they were too serious , the latter replied that if that was his opinion , he must defend it with all his might , for he would have all the world against him ; so I ...
Pagina 37
... French lady , who had married an Englishman who said little , excused him by saying- " He is al- ways thinking of Locke and Newton . " This is one way of passing muster by following in the suite of great names ! —A friend of mine , whom ...
... French lady , who had married an Englishman who said little , excused him by saying- " He is al- ways thinking of Locke and Newton . " This is one way of passing muster by following in the suite of great names ! —A friend of mine , whom ...
Pagina 75
... French custom to drink our wine with our meals , and that an English- inan ought to do only one thing at a time . " So I cannot talk and think , or indulge in melancholy musing and lively conversa- tion by fits and starts . " Let me ...
... French custom to drink our wine with our meals , and that an English- inan ought to do only one thing at a time . " So I cannot talk and think , or indulge in melancholy musing and lively conversa- tion by fits and starts . " Let me ...
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