Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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... heaven ; our less perishable re- mains , gathered from the funeral pyre , or preserved by the incombustible asbestos , were deposited in elegant vases and urns , to be consigned to the tomb , or some- times enshrined among the domestic ...
... heaven ; our less perishable re- mains , gathered from the funeral pyre , or preserved by the incombustible asbestos , were deposited in elegant vases and urns , to be consigned to the tomb , or some- times enshrined among the domestic ...
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... Heaven yclept Euphrosyne ; " and before I go any farther , let me observe how abun- dantly the Pagan heaven was provided with heart- easing mirth ; for besides the damsel we have men- tioned , Venus is expressly termed by Homer the ...
... Heaven yclept Euphrosyne ; " and before I go any farther , let me observe how abun- dantly the Pagan heaven was provided with heart- easing mirth ; for besides the damsel we have men- tioned , Venus is expressly termed by Homer the ...
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... Heaven ! my Sally is blessed with a calf's head and a pig's face . " — " Well , if I should have another baby , I shall have it immediately- -skinned and cut into thin slices . " - " I do love to see little Tommy well - dressed — in the ...
... Heaven ! my Sally is blessed with a calf's head and a pig's face . " — " Well , if I should have another baby , I shall have it immediately- -skinned and cut into thin slices . " - " I do love to see little Tommy well - dressed — in the ...
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... Heaven knows how many visits from claim- ants of consanguinity equally near , and dear , and un- known . Oh , the worlds of good advice showered upon me when it was whispered that I was about to marry ! I began to doubt my own identity ...
... Heaven knows how many visits from claim- ants of consanguinity equally near , and dear , and un- known . Oh , the worlds of good advice showered upon me when it was whispered that I was about to marry ! I began to doubt my own identity ...
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... heaven as well as earth are waiting to shower down rewards upon the successful artist ; -- that the gods , as well as men , are to sit in judgment upon every effort of his chisel . Religious feelings only can create such pro- digies of ...
... heaven as well as earth are waiting to shower down rewards upon the successful artist ; -- that the gods , as well as men , are to sit in judgment upon every effort of his chisel . Religious feelings only can create such pro- digies of ...
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