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The Young Man's Offering: Comprising Prose and Poetical Writings of the Most ... - Page 127
1853 - 316 pages
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The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb: Elia and The last essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1903 - 536 pages
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Czesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble...worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken pannels, with the gilding almost rubbed out — sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which...
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The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2

Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903 - 542 pages
...particular used to. spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble - heads would seem to live again^or I to.be.turned into marble with them ; how I never could be tired with roaming about that...
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Essays of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb - 1904 - 460 pages
...myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the 30 old marble heads would seem to live again, or I to be turned into marble with them ; how I could never be tired with roaming about that huge mansion, with its vast empty rooms, with their worn-out...
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1775-1817

Edward Verrall Lucas - 1905 - 656 pages
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble...worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and carved oaken pannels, with the gilding almost rubbed out — sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which...
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The British classical authors: with biographical notices. On the basis of a ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 pages
...by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Osesars, that 105 had been Emperors of Home, till the old marble heads would seem to live again,...how I never could be tired with roaming about that no huge mansion, with its vast empty rooms, with their worn-out hangings, fluttering tapestry, and...
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1907 - 264 pages
...where I in particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Caesars,6 that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I be turned into marble with them ; how I never could be tired with roaming about that huge mansion,...
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Composition--rhetoric--literature: A Four Year's Course for Secondary Schools

Martha Hale Shackford, Margaret Judson - 1908 - 496 pages
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble...carved oaken panels, with the gilding almost rubbed out,—sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which I had almost to myself, unless when now...
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The Works in Prose and Verse of Charles and Mary Lamb: Miscellaneous prose ...

Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1908 - 928 pages
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1915 - 372 pages
...particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble...I to be turned into marble with them ; how I never 119 could be tired with roaming about that huge mansion, with its vast empty rooms, with their worn-out...
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... Select Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1909 - 366 pages
...in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Caesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old 15 marble heads would seem to live again, or I to be...carved oaken panels, with the gilding almost rubbed 20 out — sometimes in the spacious old-fashioned gardens, which I had almost to myself, unless when...
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