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... sands the mountain , moments make the year , And trifles life . ' ( YOUNG ) IN TWO VOLUMES VOL . II . 1844 1875 LONDON LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 1885 All rights reserved CONTENTS OF PR 5548 782 A3 1.2 THE SECOND SECOND AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
... sands the mountain , moments make the year , And trifles life . ' ( YOUNG ) IN TWO VOLUMES VOL . II . 1844 1875 LONDON LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 1885 All rights reserved CONTENTS OF PR 5548 782 A3 1.2 THE SECOND SECOND AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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... Young , the actor , told me that his habit on the stage was to single out some one of the audience who looked especially intelligent and interested and act to him ; and with me it has always been difficult 40 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HENRY ...
... Young , the actor , told me that his habit on the stage was to single out some one of the audience who looked especially intelligent and interested and act to him ; and with me it has always been difficult 40 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HENRY ...
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... young ones . ' ' Yes , Maria , ' she answered , ' but they say that ghosts walk . ' It was not quite so with Miss Fenwick . She had joined us at Mortlake in the beginning of July , and the way in which she had written of her coming ...
... young ones . ' ' Yes , Maria , ' she answered , ' but they say that ghosts walk . ' It was not quite so with Miss Fenwick . She had joined us at Mortlake in the beginning of July , and the way in which she had written of her coming ...
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... young eyes , unless childhood is to be included in youth . What I should imagine to be true is , that in age tears come at a less urgent call than in youth and manhood , and that with the less urgent call there is less energy of grief ...
... young eyes , unless childhood is to be included in youth . What I should imagine to be true is , that in age tears come at a less urgent call than in youth and manhood , and that with the less urgent call there is less energy of grief ...
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... young ones for me over and over again , and the old one too , if you will ; for nothing on earth is now dearer to me - so much of what I have lost . ' In her next letter she alludes to a little specimen of Charles Spring Rice's drollery ...
... young ones for me over and over again , and the old one too , if you will ; for nothing on earth is now dearer to me - so much of what I have lost . ' In her next letter she alludes to a little specimen of Charles Spring Rice's drollery ...
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