The Listener, Volume 1James Nisbet, 1830 - Education |
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... passing where I am not present , to see through the roof , and to hear through the walls - what can I do but endeavour to make the best use of so dangerous an endowment , and employ it for the benefit of others ? I whisper no idle tale ...
... passing where I am not present , to see through the roof , and to hear through the walls - what can I do but endeavour to make the best use of so dangerous an endowment , and employ it for the benefit of others ? I whisper no idle tale ...
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... passing within . The room was dressed with flowers , and gaily lighted , shining with many a fair and happy coun- tenance . There was not a brow amongst them that seemed to bear the weight of twenty years , and some not half that number ...
... passing within . The room was dressed with flowers , and gaily lighted , shining with many a fair and happy coun- tenance . There was not a brow amongst them that seemed to bear the weight of twenty years , and some not half that number ...
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... passed ; but curiosity retained me on the spot , and I waited patiently another and another song . The second was Italian , the sweetest language of music , and the most perverted . The best I could hope here 6 THE LISTENER .
... passed ; but curiosity retained me on the spot , and I waited patiently another and another song . The second was Italian , the sweetest language of music , and the most perverted . The best I could hope here 6 THE LISTENER .
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... passed the window I saw the hands advance - every time I returned they had gone a little further . " Three - score years and ten , " said I to myself , " and a third or fourth of it is nature's claim for indispensable repose - and many ...
... passed the window I saw the hands advance - every time I returned they had gone a little further . " Three - score years and ten , " said I to myself , " and a third or fourth of it is nature's claim for indispensable repose - and many ...
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... passed an additional hour in bed , because the day promised him so little to do up . One by one , as they dropped in , the seats at the breakfast table filled ; and as a single news- paper was all the apparent means of mental occu ...
... passed an additional hour in bed , because the day promised him so little to do up . One by one , as they dropped in , the seats at the breakfast table filled ; and as a single news- paper was all the apparent means of mental occu ...
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