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... things often , ” said Alice , " and they are such as I ought not to hear , and do not desire to hear . I have no tasks to impose on you - no enemies to be destroyed - no need or desire of protection - no wish , Heaven knows , to expose ...
... things often , ” said Alice , " and they are such as I ought not to hear , and do not desire to hear . I have no tasks to impose on you - no enemies to be destroyed - no need or desire of protection - no wish , Heaven knows , to expose ...
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... thing concerning what I might do , in a state of things which can never take place . Indeed , Julian , you ought not thus to press me . Unprotected as I am - wish- ing you well - very well - why should you urge me to say or do what ...
... thing concerning what I might do , in a state of things which can never take place . Indeed , Julian , you ought not thus to press me . Unprotected as I am - wish- ing you well - very well - why should you urge me to say or do what ...
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... thing you ask of me ; —the hand of my only child - the sum of my worldly substance , though that is but dross in comparison . You ask the key of the only fountain from which I may yet hope to drink one pleasant draught ; you ask to be ...
... thing you ask of me ; —the hand of my only child - the sum of my worldly substance , though that is but dross in comparison . You ask the key of the only fountain from which I may yet hope to drink one pleasant draught ; you ask to be ...
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... things , " he said , " I recal not in bitterness , so far as they are personal to me - I recal them not in spite of heart , though they have been the means of banishing me from my place of residence , where my fathers dwelt , and where ...
... things , " he said , " I recal not in bitterness , so far as they are personal to me - I recal them not in spite of heart , though they have been the means of banishing me from my place of residence , where my fathers dwelt , and where ...
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... things I point out to you , Julian , that I may shew you how impossible , in the eyes of a merely worldly man , would be the union which you are desirous of . But Heaven hath at times opened a door , where man beholds no means of issue ...
... things I point out to you , Julian , that I may shew you how impossible , in the eyes of a merely worldly man , would be the union which you are desirous of . But Heaven hath at times opened a door , where man beholds no means of issue ...
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Page 227 - Then again for pathos, where will you mend the dying scene of Arcite ? Alas, my heartis queen ! alas, my wife ! Giver at once, and ender of my life. What is this world ? — What axen men to have ? Now with his love — now in his cold grave Alone, withouten other company. But I tire you, sir; and do injustice to the poet whom I remember but by halves.
Page 218 - What made our poet meddle with a plot ? Was't that he fancied, for the very sake And name of plot, his trifling play might take ? For there's not in't one inch-board evidence...