Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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... 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 deities of ...
... 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 deities of ...
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... less illus- trious sons of song . Peace to your manes ; ye who have passed away be- fore us into the invisible world ! Whether ye repose in the bosom of the great mother , or are whelmed be- neath the caverns of " the bounding Neptune ...
... less illus- trious sons of song . Peace to your manes ; ye who have passed away be- fore us into the invisible world ! Whether ye repose in the bosom of the great mother , or are whelmed be- neath the caverns of " the bounding Neptune ...
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... less laughable than these ludicrous games of cross - purposes ; and the risible public are much indebted to the Editor of a loyal journal , who lately informed them that the radicals , by throwing off the mask , had at last shown the ...
... less laughable than these ludicrous games of cross - purposes ; and the risible public are much indebted to the Editor of a loyal journal , who lately informed them that the radicals , by throwing off the mask , had at last shown the ...
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... less the less they have to do . A grand prior of France once abusing Palaprat for beating his servant , he replied in a rage , " Zounds ! Sir , his conduct is unpardonable ; for though I have but this one , I am every bit as badly ...
... less the less they have to do . A grand prior of France once abusing Palaprat for beating his servant , he replied in a rage , " Zounds ! Sir , his conduct is unpardonable ; for though I have but this one , I am every bit as badly ...
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... less striking and apposite . There is , in fact , much more liberality in the world than is generally supposed , while its generosity with other people's money is almost unlimited . I never knew an heiress , or a girl of fortune , whose ...
... less striking and apposite . There is , in fact , much more liberality in the world than is generally supposed , while its generosity with other people's money is almost unlimited . I never knew an heiress , or a girl of fortune , whose ...
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