Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 3Hachette, 1887 - English literature |
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... never so sweet a time as then , when he was pursued as a partridge by his son Absalom . » ( Gray's Great and Pre- cious Promises . ) Voir tout le chapitre où Buckle a décrit , d'après les textes , l'état de l'Écosse au dix - septième ...
... never so sweet a time as then , when he was pursued as a partridge by his son Absalom . » ( Gray's Great and Pre- cious Promises . ) Voir tout le chapitre où Buckle a décrit , d'après les textes , l'état de l'Écosse au dix - septième ...
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... close , that Time should never , In life or death , their fortunes sever : Buth with his rusty sickle mow Both down together at a blow . encore . La bêtise croît à mesure qu'on avance . CHAPITRE I. LA RESTAURATION . 15.
... close , that Time should never , In life or death , their fortunes sever : Buth with his rusty sickle mow Both down together at a blow . encore . La bêtise croît à mesure qu'on avance . CHAPITRE I. LA RESTAURATION . 15.
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... defence . OLIVIA . What deceit ? I'd have you to know i never deceived my husband . ELIZA . You do not understand me , sure . I say , this was an honest Il est un personnage qui montre en abrégé son ta- 58 LIVRE III . L'ÂGE CLASSIQUE .
... defence . OLIVIA . What deceit ? I'd have you to know i never deceived my husband . ELIZA . You do not understand me , sure . I say , this was an honest Il est un personnage qui montre en abrégé son ta- 58 LIVRE III . L'ÂGE CLASSIQUE .
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... never see your face again .... Lettice , where are you ? Let us be gone from this censorious ill woman . ELIZA . One word first , pray , madam . Can you swear that whom your husband found you with .... OLIVIA . Swear ! Ay , that ...
... never see your face again .... Lettice , where are you ? Let us be gone from this censorious ill woman . ELIZA . One word first , pray , madam . Can you swear that whom your husband found you with .... OLIVIA . Swear ! Ay , that ...
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... never more have joys here , or the other world . Nay , may I eternally .... ELIZA . Be damned .... So , so you are damned enough already by your oaths . Yet take this advice with you , in this plain - dealing age : to leave off ...
... never more have joys here , or the other world . Nay , may I eternally .... ELIZA . Be damned .... So , so you are damned enough already by your oaths . Yet take this advice with you , in this plain - dealing age : to leave off ...
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