The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie1827 |
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... exclamation of " Oh , and the water too ! " coming from my mother , who was so carried away at the thoughts of this most terrible of terrors , that she could no longer arrange her arguments in system- atic order INTRODUCTION . 5.
... exclamation of " Oh , and the water too ! " coming from my mother , who was so carried away at the thoughts of this most terrible of terrors , that she could no longer arrange her arguments in system- atic order INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... water too ! " cried she . " And the boats ! -and the bathing ! To bathe - to swim - perchance to drown ! Oh , Bartle ! Bartle ! " After the first paroxysm was over , she appeared to be sinking into a state of torpid quiescence , upon ...
... water too ! " cried she . " And the boats ! -and the bathing ! To bathe - to swim - perchance to drown ! Oh , Bartle ! Bartle ! " After the first paroxysm was over , she appeared to be sinking into a state of torpid quiescence , upon ...
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... 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 stem - it is the tide of Popular Opinion . I have ...
... 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 stem - it is the tide of Popular Opinion . I have ...
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... water . 8. That all solid and all light subjects be equally avoided , and that all questions brought before the House resemble the night - mare , in being heavy without substance . B 9. That it be considered illegal to play at cricket ...
... water . 8. That all solid and all light subjects be equally avoided , and that all questions brought before the House resemble the night - mare , in being heavy without substance . B 9. That it be considered illegal to play at cricket ...
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... waters seem to grow Louder and louder as they flow ; You would not deem , to gaze on bowers Of myrtle and the orange flowers ; You would not deem that , by the side Of Guadalquiver's gentle tide , Scarce waiting till the day drew nigh ...
... waters seem to grow Louder and louder as they flow ; You would not deem , to gaze on bowers Of myrtle and the orange flowers ; You would not deem that , by the side Of Guadalquiver's gentle tide , Scarce waiting till the day drew nigh ...
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