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Page 46
... light comedy was never seen under such disadvantageous conditions . He endeavored to compensate for his want of locomotive power by taking snuff with great frequency , and waving energeti- cally in the air a large and soiled pocket ...
... light comedy was never seen under such disadvantageous conditions . He endeavored to compensate for his want of locomotive power by taking snuff with great frequency , and waving energeti- cally in the air a large and soiled pocket ...
Page 47
... light comedian still indulges sometimes in curls of an unnatural flaxen , and the comic countryman is too often allowed to wear locks of a quite impossible crim- son color . Indeed , the head - dresses that seem only con- trived to move ...
... light comedian still indulges sometimes in curls of an unnatural flaxen , and the comic countryman is too often allowed to wear locks of a quite impossible crim- son color . Indeed , the head - dresses that seem only con- trived to move ...
Page 53
... light on a clever backer , there is the cave where the hermit or the gypsy tells fortunes for an extra fee , and ... lights and laughs again , That fairy - form , whereof each muscle , nay , each vein The curious may inspect . " Demure ...
... light on a clever backer , there is the cave where the hermit or the gypsy tells fortunes for an extra fee , and ... lights and laughs again , That fairy - form , whereof each muscle , nay , each vein The curious may inspect . " Demure ...
Page 61
... Light of heart , light of foot , full of rich young health , full , too ( but this her mother does not know ) , of a full , rich young hope , the young girl goes briskly through the round of her duties , and is never tired by them . A ...
... Light of heart , light of foot , full of rich young health , full , too ( but this her mother does not know ) , of a full , rich young hope , the young girl goes briskly through the round of her duties , and is never tired by them . A ...
Page 65
... light upon a small boy , striving to push a heavy truck up the hill . " Look here , " said he ; if you'll practice what you preach , and help that boy yonder along with his load , I'll give you twenty pounds for your charity . " The ...
... light upon a small boy , striving to push a heavy truck up the hill . " Look here , " said he ; if you'll practice what you preach , and help that boy yonder along with his load , I'll give you twenty pounds for your charity . " The ...
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