Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man: Consisting of the Little Genius, and Other Essays, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1832 |
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... thunder and lightning : It must take . The author of a novel like this will make an immense fortune . Old ivy grown castles , moon- light landscapes , Spanish feathers , and Italian serenades floated in brilliant confusion through my ...
... thunder and lightning : It must take . The author of a novel like this will make an immense fortune . Old ivy grown castles , moon- light landscapes , Spanish feathers , and Italian serenades floated in brilliant confusion through my ...
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... thunder and lightning . I sought every opportunity for stage effect - to have trap doors , and dungeons , unexpected assassinations , and resurrections , more unexpected still . " My undertaking seemed very easy at first , but I soon ...
... thunder and lightning . I sought every opportunity for stage effect - to have trap doors , and dungeons , unexpected assassinations , and resurrections , more unexpected still . " My undertaking seemed very easy at first , but I soon ...
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... thunder cloud , and thus addresses the pensive hero . You will be pleased to observe the rude and natural dignity of the language , which it was a great point with me to preserve . Genius . Hero of earth , thine eyes look red with ...
... thunder cloud , and thus addresses the pensive hero . You will be pleased to observe the rude and natural dignity of the language , which it was a great point with me to preserve . Genius . Hero of earth , thine eyes look red with ...
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... thunder cloud and genius were floating gracefully down , one of the ropes cracked , and the enchanter of the cavern hurt his nose against the floor , notwithstanding a huge pair of pasteboard wings , which spread themselves at his ...
... thunder cloud and genius were floating gracefully down , one of the ropes cracked , and the enchanter of the cavern hurt his nose against the floor , notwithstanding a huge pair of pasteboard wings , which spread themselves at his ...
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... thunder , so there is a storm without . How strange to feel that it is nothing whatever to me , unless it would roll these stupendous towers from their base , and restore a poor wretch to the blessed , blessed light of day . It is ...
... thunder , so there is a storm without . How strange to feel that it is nothing whatever to me , unless it would roll these stupendous towers from their base , and restore a poor wretch to the blessed , blessed light of day . It is ...
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