Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 7D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 9
... thought , he sauntered round the area , apparently unconscious how many of the young gallants of Rome were envying the taste of his dress , and the ease of his fashionable stagger . " Good Heaven ! " said Ligarius , " Caius Cæsar is as ...
... thought , he sauntered round the area , apparently unconscious how many of the young gallants of Rome were envying the taste of his dress , and the ease of his fashionable stagger . " Good Heaven ! " said Ligarius , " Caius Cæsar is as ...
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... thought that I had him . All at once I found my counters driven into the corner . Not a piece to move , by Hercules . It cost me two millions of Ses- terces . All the Gods and Goddesses confound him for it ! " " As to Valeria , " said ...
... thought that I had him . All at once I found my counters driven into the corner . Not a piece to move , by Hercules . It cost me two millions of Ses- terces . All the Gods and Goddesses confound him for it ! " " As to Valeria , " said ...
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... thought At last one day , in the middle of a lecture , I set fire to his enormous filthy beard , singed his face , and sent him roaring out of the house . There ended my studies . From that time to this I have had as little to do with ...
... thought At last one day , in the middle of a lecture , I set fire to his enormous filthy beard , singed his face , and sent him roaring out of the house . There ended my studies . From that time to this I have had as little to do with ...
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... thought of her ? Any love for her ? He , the favourite of the high - born beauties of Rome , the most splendid , the most graceful , the most eloquent of its nobles ? It could not be . His voice had , indeed , been touchingly soft ...
... thought of her ? Any love for her ? He , the favourite of the high - born beauties of Rome , the most splendid , the most graceful , the most eloquent of its nobles ? It could not be . His voice had , indeed , been touchingly soft ...
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... to light them . The first subject proposed by the Society to the poets of England was Dartmoor . I thought that they intended a covert sarcasm at their own projects . Their institution 96 ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE . 25.
... to light them . The first subject proposed by the Society to the poets of England was Dartmoor . I thought that they intended a covert sarcasm at their own projects . Their institution 96 ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE . 25.
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