American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 57Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis 1861 - American periodicals |
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... true ; but , on the other hand , facilities thus easily obtained by cash and policy , afford scope and yield oppor- tunities for the display of character and the drama of social life , which more exclusive circles never know . The art ...
... true ; but , on the other hand , facilities thus easily obtained by cash and policy , afford scope and yield oppor- tunities for the display of character and the drama of social life , which more exclusive circles never know . The art ...
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... true Bordeaux grape and know a cup of neat Gascoigne wine from wine of Or- leans ; yet peradventure to wear a velvet patch on their face and walk melan- choly with their arms folded . " We recognize the life of Paris by the analytical ...
... true Bordeaux grape and know a cup of neat Gascoigne wine from wine of Or- leans ; yet peradventure to wear a velvet patch on their face and walk melan- choly with their arms folded . " We recognize the life of Paris by the analytical ...
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... true Frenchman will sit for any number of consecu tive hours glued to the benches of the Champs Elysees in order to see the monde pass by to see it merely with his eyes , remember never speaking to a soul , never knowing a soul in all ...
... true Frenchman will sit for any number of consecu tive hours glued to the benches of the Champs Elysees in order to see the monde pass by to see it merely with his eyes , remember never speaking to a soul , never knowing a soul in all ...
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... true Frenchman's conception of variety , such is his ideal of life ; and he cannot but heartily despise a state of things like that at home , which drops all this imbecile routine out as an infinite dreariness and ennui ; a full stomach ...
... true Frenchman's conception of variety , such is his ideal of life ; and he cannot but heartily despise a state of things like that at home , which drops all this imbecile routine out as an infinite dreariness and ennui ; a full stomach ...
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... true ; but my tastes were refined , and my education good ; for , although destined to a commercial life , my father , who took a wide and liberal view of what was required for an accomplished merchant , had sent me to ' Yale , ' where ...
... true ; but my tastes were refined , and my education good ; for , although destined to a commercial life , my father , who took a wide and liberal view of what was required for an accomplished merchant , had sent me to ' Yale , ' where ...
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