Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 2 |
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... light into the grave ; the only way in which it may consistently be said that even in our ashes live their wonted fires . " 66 How can we conceive of ourselves as inanimate , when it is much more difficult than is generally ima- gined ...
... light into the grave ; the only way in which it may consistently be said that even in our ashes live their wonted fires . " 66 How can we conceive of ourselves as inanimate , when it is much more difficult than is generally ima- gined ...
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... light by a grating that communicated with the cloisters of the great church . It was their custom to coffin their dead warriors in brazen statues , made to imitate the living form and mien of the corpse within , armed cap - à - pié ...
... light by a grating that communicated with the cloisters of the great church . It was their custom to coffin their dead warriors in brazen statues , made to imitate the living form and mien of the corpse within , armed cap - à - pié ...
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... lights up the dullest eye with a twinkle , and throws a flash of sunshine over the cloudiest visage , while it irradiates and embellishes the most beautiful . Including thine , reader , in the latter class , I counsel thee to give the ...
... lights up the dullest eye with a twinkle , and throws a flash of sunshine over the cloudiest visage , while it irradiates and embellishes the most beautiful . Including thine , reader , in the latter class , I counsel thee to give the ...
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... lights to exercise upon those who are the objects of its notice . A certain author's first publication appeared to me sufficiently common - place ; but the last is admitted , even by his friends , to be a decided failure , and I now ...
... lights to exercise upon those who are the objects of its notice . A certain author's first publication appeared to me sufficiently common - place ; but the last is admitted , even by his friends , to be a decided failure , and I now ...
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... , skipped up his ladder , and , by the light of his link , I discovered , printed on a black board , " GREAT RUSSELL STREET , BLOOMSBURY . " NEHEMIAH MUGGS . Most courteous Reader , pray permit the 44 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... , skipped up his ladder , and , by the light of his link , I discovered , printed on a black board , " GREAT RUSSELL STREET , BLOOMSBURY . " NEHEMIAH MUGGS . Most courteous Reader , pray permit the 44 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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