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... effect little or nothing , are enabled , when combined , to work results that seem rather like magic than sober reality . The denizens of the ' land of the cypress and myrtle , ' and the dingy tribes of the far Isles of the Sea , are ...
... effect little or nothing , are enabled , when combined , to work results that seem rather like magic than sober reality . The denizens of the ' land of the cypress and myrtle , ' and the dingy tribes of the far Isles of the Sea , are ...
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... EFFECT OF ENTERTAINING TOO GOOD AN OPINION OF OUR OWN SPECIES . JEREMIAH and our hero rose refreshed from their hard couches , and went out to perform their morning ablutions at the moss - covered horse - trough at the tavern door . But ...
... EFFECT OF ENTERTAINING TOO GOOD AN OPINION OF OUR OWN SPECIES . JEREMIAH and our hero rose refreshed from their hard couches , and went out to perform their morning ablutions at the moss - covered horse - trough at the tavern door . But ...
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... effect upon the nerves of a Mardi gras , and gives great briskness to the dance . You have perhaps a much greater ob- ligation , dear Geoffrey , to us scrib . . . ( I must not digress . ) What the Italians understand , and what most ...
... effect upon the nerves of a Mardi gras , and gives great briskness to the dance . You have perhaps a much greater ob- ligation , dear Geoffrey , to us scrib . . . ( I must not digress . ) What the Italians understand , and what most ...
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... effect , and was hurled , as the bull sprang past him , into the air . A murmur of displeasure ran through the assembly , and cries were heard of fool ! coward ! ' ' away with him ! ' He seemed not to heed them , but with a com- posed ...
... effect , and was hurled , as the bull sprang past him , into the air . A murmur of displeasure ran through the assembly , and cries were heard of fool ! coward ! ' ' away with him ! ' He seemed not to heed them , but with a com- posed ...
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... effects ; A three - legged stool , which once hath been a chair ; A pair of small - clothes , and some coarse habiliments , Such as his humble station doth require . This good old man , whom now I tell you of , Hath wedded been ' t is ...
... effects ; A three - legged stool , which once hath been a chair ; A pair of small - clothes , and some coarse habiliments , Such as his humble station doth require . This good old man , whom now I tell you of , Hath wedded been ' t is ...
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