Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man: Consisting of the Little Genius, and Other Essays, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1832 |
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... Sometimes , perchance , a very par- ticularly complaisant friend would laud the little off- springs of my pen ; but it did not gain me bread and butter , and could not satisfy the cravings of hungry na- 6 ture . With a full heart and an ...
... Sometimes , perchance , a very par- ticularly complaisant friend would laud the little off- springs of my pen ; but it did not gain me bread and butter , and could not satisfy the cravings of hungry na- 6 ture . With a full heart and an ...
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... sometimes at the style of apparel among their grandmothers ; but I am very certain the time will come when the dress which is now considered a model of elegant fashion , would set the world in a roar . Perhaps the effect upon persons ...
... sometimes at the style of apparel among their grandmothers ; but I am very certain the time will come when the dress which is now considered a model of elegant fashion , would set the world in a roar . Perhaps the effect upon persons ...
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... sometimes served up for the astonishment of the world . have made a list of some of these , culled indiscri- minately from various papers , and hasten to give them to the public . " We take great pleasure in informing our readers that ...
... sometimes served up for the astonishment of the world . have made a list of some of these , culled indiscri- minately from various papers , and hasten to give them to the public . " We take great pleasure in informing our readers that ...
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... Sometimes I have paced up and down my cage . I must have ex- ercise or I die , so I walked and leaped and stamped , to put my blood in motion . Then I laid down for hours , and thought . My past life has been all in review before me . I ...
... Sometimes I have paced up and down my cage . I must have ex- ercise or I die , so I walked and leaped and stamped , to put my blood in motion . Then I laid down for hours , and thought . My past life has been all in review before me . I ...
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... Sometimes I think they never had existence , except in my own brain , that I have never been outside this cavern , that nature placed me here , and that all the remembrances of man- kind , which crowd on me sometimes , are only dreams ...
... Sometimes I think they never had existence , except in my own brain , that I have never been outside this cavern , that nature placed me here , and that all the remembrances of man- kind , which crowd on me sometimes , are only dreams ...
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