New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 40Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1834 |
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... young , old , or middle- aged , were respectively called " the b'y . " Of all those boys whom I can now call to memory , I scarcely recollect an exception that exceeded five feet in height , or that had not flaxen - coloured hair , and ...
... young , old , or middle- aged , were respectively called " the b'y . " Of all those boys whom I can now call to memory , I scarcely recollect an exception that exceeded five feet in height , or that had not flaxen - coloured hair , and ...
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... young man , and who carried lameness and that spurious sort of idiotcy I have endea- voured to describe , far into middle life , at which stage of his existence I first saw him . He was an awful object to look at ― squalid , hairy , and ...
... young man , and who carried lameness and that spurious sort of idiotcy I have endea- voured to describe , far into middle life , at which stage of his existence I first saw him . He was an awful object to look at ― squalid , hairy , and ...
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... young man of middle size , regular features , and dark complexion ; and the expression of his countenance was so unequivocally good , that he won one's pity and sympathy at once . The glazed look of timid kind- liness , which his face ...
... young man of middle size , regular features , and dark complexion ; and the expression of his countenance was so unequivocally good , that he won one's pity and sympathy at once . The glazed look of timid kind- liness , which his face ...
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... young lady , one of his most favourite pupils ; he asked if she had seen it ? Yes , " she replied ; " and with regret : because you have been made to say what , I am sure , you did not mean . " " It begins , A certain Mr. Bochsa . ' Now ...
... young lady , one of his most favourite pupils ; he asked if she had seen it ? Yes , " she replied ; " and with regret : because you have been made to say what , I am sure , you did not mean . " " It begins , A certain Mr. Bochsa . ' Now ...
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... young , that I fancied myself already as much in love with her as I really was in the course of the next half - hour . I entered the house , it was coldish weather ; she saw that I was chilled ; she invited me into her little territory ...
... young , that I fancied myself already as much in love with her as I really was in the course of the next half - hour . I entered the house , it was coldish weather ; she saw that I was chilled ; she invited me into her little territory ...
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