The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie1827 |
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... able to show , that I can " keep my head above water " in more senses than one . But in my present undertaking , there is one gulph in which I fear to sink ; and that gulph is Lethe . There is one stream which I dread my inability to ...
... able to show , that I can " keep my head above water " in more senses than one . But in my present undertaking , there is one gulph in which I fear to sink ; and that gulph is Lethe . There is one stream which I dread my inability to ...
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... able to ride ; In a fortnight you'll walk , in a month you'll be well ; But you're still very sick , I can perfectly tell . But none in their senses can ever compare Το your health , Sir , to - day , what you yesterday were : ' Tis the ...
... able to ride ; In a fortnight you'll walk , in a month you'll be well ; But you're still very sick , I can perfectly tell . But none in their senses can ever compare Το your health , Sir , to - day , what you yesterday were : ' Tis the ...
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... his homely fare , his smiling wife , and children climbing up the knees of their sire , and so forth ; but it always appeared to me , that they never had been able to hit upon the true cause of NO . 1. ] 39 THE ETON MISCELLANY .
... his homely fare , his smiling wife , and children climbing up the knees of their sire , and so forth ; but it always appeared to me , that they never had been able to hit upon the true cause of NO . 1. ] 39 THE ETON MISCELLANY .
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Eton miscellany William Ewart Gladstone. had been able to hit upon the true cause of the bachelor's misery ; for the touchstone of his misfor- tunes is the certainty of being solicited to become a Godfather . Every unmarried man is sure ...
Eton miscellany William Ewart Gladstone. had been able to hit upon the true cause of the bachelor's misery ; for the touchstone of his misfor- tunes is the certainty of being solicited to become a Godfather . Every unmarried man is sure ...
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... able to think that the single line ] Ως ' ὅιγ ̓ ἀμφίεπον τάφον Εκτορος Ιπποδάμοιο , is an ending of sufficient grandeur to suit the sub- limity of what has gone before . Pope seems to have thought the same : for he has inserted in his ...
... able to think that the single line ] Ως ' ὅιγ ̓ ἀμφίεπον τάφον Εκτορος Ιπποδάμοιο , is an ending of sufficient grandeur to suit the sub- limity of what has gone before . Pope seems to have thought the same : for he has inserted in his ...
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