Holiday PapersR. Hardwicke, 1864 - 431 pages |
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... watch ; he must use his multiplication table , lose his rest , polish his lenses , peer till his eyes ache , confer with his printer , and correct his proofs , before he can verify his hypothesis in public , and claim the attention of ...
... watch ; he must use his multiplication table , lose his rest , polish his lenses , peer till his eyes ache , confer with his printer , and correct his proofs , before he can verify his hypothesis in public , and claim the attention of ...
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... watch the tip of it go by bobbing up and down above the edge of the pew . Now the church is restored . The pulpit and desk have loosened hands , and stepped back at the architect's bidding ; the old men are brought into a warmer corner ...
... watch the tip of it go by bobbing up and down above the edge of the pew . Now the church is restored . The pulpit and desk have loosened hands , and stepped back at the architect's bidding ; the old men are brought into a warmer corner ...
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... watch them by the hour together , lying in my punt , while the rushes grated pleasantly against its sides as I moved ? There is a reception of nature's truth in these seasons of seeming lazi- ness , which , though one is not conscious ...
... watch them by the hour together , lying in my punt , while the rushes grated pleasantly against its sides as I moved ? There is a reception of nature's truth in these seasons of seeming lazi- ness , which , though one is not conscious ...
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... watch the capricious . frolics of a waterbird , you cannot choose a better than the common , but most interesting dabchick . I cannot help making an apology to the great crested grebe for thus dwelling on the manners and customs of his ...
... watch the capricious . frolics of a waterbird , you cannot choose a better than the common , but most interesting dabchick . I cannot help making an apology to the great crested grebe for thus dwelling on the manners and customs of his ...
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... watch the slaughter from the wing . The whole scene reminds me more of what the sacking of a town must be than anything else I know . You can hear it going on from a great way off - all over the place . It is remarkable , however , that ...
... watch the slaughter from the wing . The whole scene reminds me more of what the sacking of a town must be than anything else I know . You can hear it going on from a great way off - all over the place . It is remarkable , however , that ...
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