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... eyes , the intelligence of her voice , and the careful work of her hand , the author must ever owe " the debt immense " of paternal gratitude . B London , May 1840 . I record my literary calamity as a warning to my sedentary brothers ...
... eyes , the intelligence of her voice , and the careful work of her hand , the author must ever owe " the debt immense " of paternal gratitude . B London , May 1840 . I record my literary calamity as a warning to my sedentary brothers ...
Pagina 22
... eyes in wrinkled brow doth shroud As though two stars were creeping under cloud . The lips wax cold and look both pale and thin , The teeth falls out as nutts forsook the shell , The bare bald head but shows where hair hath been , The ...
... eyes in wrinkled brow doth shroud As though two stars were creeping under cloud . The lips wax cold and look both pale and thin , The teeth falls out as nutts forsook the shell , The bare bald head but shows where hair hath been , The ...
Pagina 26
... , and not easily to be met with . " How superlatively rare must be the English volumes which the eyes of Farmer and Baker never lighted on ! modern languages . Quitting his native spot with political dis- 26 A MENDICANT AUTHOR .
... , and not easily to be met with . " How superlatively rare must be the English volumes which the eyes of Farmer and Baker never lighted on ! modern languages . Quitting his native spot with political dis- 26 A MENDICANT AUTHOR .
Pagina 28
... eyes . " Still he was not disheartened , and still applied for his bundle of books , which were returned to him at length unopened , with " half a guinea upon top of the cargo , " and " with a desire to receive no more . " I plucked up ...
... eyes . " Still he was not disheartened , and still applied for his bundle of books , which were returned to him at length unopened , with " half a guinea upon top of the cargo , " and " with a desire to receive no more . " I plucked up ...
Pagina 29
... eyes being so bad , ' said a bishop , that I can scarce read at all .'- ' What do you want with me ? ' said ano- ther ; ' Sir , I presented you the other day with my Athena Bri- tannica , being the last part published .'— ' I don't want ...
... eyes being so bad , ' said a bishop , that I can scarce read at all .'- ' What do you want with me ? ' said ano- ther ; ' Sir , I presented you the other day with my Athena Bri- tannica , being the last part published .'— ' I don't want ...
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