Chambers's Repository of Instructing and Amusing Tracts, Volumes 1-3W. and R. Chambers, 1852 - English literature |
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... kind thoughts even of the harsh and the formidable . True genius is ever genial ; it has its name hence ; ' and to interpret between minds the most dissimilar , is not the least service it renders . All honour , then , to the humanity ...
... kind thoughts even of the harsh and the formidable . True genius is ever genial ; it has its name hence ; ' and to interpret between minds the most dissimilar , is not the least service it renders . All honour , then , to the humanity ...
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... kind enough to say that I was partners with him , so that I got an excellent seat . I made my obeisance to the king , as you told me , and he returned it as if I had been young and handsome . The queen talked as long to me about my ...
... kind enough to say that I was partners with him , so that I got an excellent seat . I made my obeisance to the king , as you told me , and he returned it as if I had been young and handsome . The queen talked as long to me about my ...
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... kind father who shared in these amuse- ments , and conducted them , is often still remembered with a smile of pleasure , as well as with a tear of regret . These few jottings are but as mile - stones on the long road of life , over ...
... kind father who shared in these amuse- ments , and conducted them , is often still remembered with a smile of pleasure , as well as with a tear of regret . These few jottings are but as mile - stones on the long road of life , over ...
Contents
THE STRUGGLE IN THE CAUCASUS NO 9 | 9 |
CURIOSITIES OF CRIMINAL LAW 10 | 10 |
A LEGEND OF GHENT 11 | 11 |
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