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Thus it appears , there are cases in which even personal deformities and defects may become proper subjects of satire : such as the decrepitude of age affecting the follies and gay frivolities of youth ; the rich and antiquated one ...
Thus it appears , there are cases in which even personal deformities and defects may become proper subjects of satire : such as the decrepitude of age affecting the follies and gay frivolities of youth ; the rich and antiquated one ...
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Dominic , the chief waiter of the establishment , had become attached to the old man , in consequence of the little trouble he gave , and his quiet and gentle demeanour . Dominic imagined , from the circumstance of his not diminishing ...
Dominic , the chief waiter of the establishment , had become attached to the old man , in consequence of the little trouble he gave , and his quiet and gentle demeanour . Dominic imagined , from the circumstance of his not diminishing ...
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I am become a Trappist , and I love to proclaim it to the whole world , by way of doing public penance for the sins which I have committed during a stormy life . Far be it from me to desire to be considered in the world as any other ...
I am become a Trappist , and I love to proclaim it to the whole world , by way of doing public penance for the sins which I have committed during a stormy life . Far be it from me to desire to be considered in the world as any other ...
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The Gurney Papers Nos XIII XIV XV XVI By the Author | 264 |
Little Pedlington in a Pucker By the Author of Paul Pry | 321 |
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