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Page 12
She had heard clever talk afar off , “ in society , " and been awestricken by the
sound of it , and she had heard Arthur and his friends uttering much fine -
souniling language upon subjects not generally in her way , but she was utterly
unused to ...
She had heard clever talk afar off , “ in society , " and been awestricken by the
sound of it , and she had heard Arthur and his friends uttering much fine -
souniling language upon subjects not generally in her way , but she was utterly
unused to ...
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... fell without any sensible derogation into of it ; and even Lauderdale had almost
the strain of lofty yet familiar talk which forgotten that their guardianship of was
meant to wean Alice from her Alice was only for the moment , and special grief .
... fell without any sensible derogation into of it ; and even Lauderdale had almost
the strain of lofty yet familiar talk which forgotten that their guardianship of was
meant to wean Alice from her Alice was only for the moment , and special grief .
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You are not detaining us , ” said Colin , who , notwithstanding , was a little startled
and alarmed ; " and you must not talk of going away . Where would you go ? Are
not we your friendsthe friends you know best in Italy ? You must not think of ...
You are not detaining us , ” said Colin , who , notwithstanding , was a little startled
and alarmed ; " and you must not talk of going away . Where would you go ? Are
not we your friendsthe friends you know best in Italy ? You must not think of ...
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If But , when the talk was over , and Colin , you would tell me one thing quite truly
before he followed Lauderdale downand frankly — Would it not do you a stairs ,
turned round to take a parting look great deal of harm if this was to happen at the
...
If But , when the talk was over , and Colin , you would tell me one thing quite truly
before he followed Lauderdale downand frankly — Would it not do you a stairs ,
turned round to take a parting look great deal of harm if this was to happen at the
...
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... and more fruitful , than the talk which furnishes excitement and relaxation in
later life . Our Cambridge discussions would have been insufferably tedious to an
experienced and accomplished listener of fifty ; but in the audacity of
metaphysical ...
... and more fruitful , than the talk which furnishes excitement and relaxation in
later life . Our Cambridge discussions would have been insufferably tedious to an
experienced and accomplished listener of fifty ; but in the audacity of
metaphysical ...
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Page 29 - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;
Page 303 - I understood, too, that, in ordinary civil administration, this oath even forbade me to practically indulge my primary abstract judgment on the moral question of slavery.
Page 29 - And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? and what dread feet?
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Page 29 - So I piped, he wept to hear. 'Drop thy pipe thy happy pipe, Sing thy songs of happy cheer.' So I sung the same again While he wept with joy to hear. 'Piper sit thee down and write In a book that all may read — ' So he vanish'd from my sight.