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... called low , lurked in his eyes and on his lips . He might certainly be set down as one who lived by his wits , and that in spite of his character and reputation . Now when you have lost your character it is a good thing to have some ...
... called low , lurked in his eyes and on his lips . He might certainly be set down as one who lived by his wits , and that in spite of his character and reputation . Now when you have lost your character it is a good thing to have some ...
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... called upon the manager , if they worked their way up the stairs , found that the offices con- sisted of one room at the back of the second floor ; there was no brass plate ; publicity was not courted in any way ; and the manager was ...
... called upon the manager , if they worked their way up the stairs , found that the offices con- sisted of one room at the back of the second floor ; there was no brass plate ; publicity was not courted in any way ; and the manager was ...
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... called managing director told her in reply that , although her work was of indubitable merit , it required to be revised by some one who understood the " rules of Poetical Composition . " Such an article he had on hand , and he begged ...
... called managing director told her in reply that , although her work was of indubitable merit , it required to be revised by some one who understood the " rules of Poetical Composition . " Such an article he had on hand , and he begged ...
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... called " people of letters " in the present day ; how many men there are that are struggling , loafing about the British Museum , and walking idly up and down Fleet Street - men who might perhaps be the Otways and Chattertons of the age ...
... called " people of letters " in the present day ; how many men there are that are struggling , loafing about the British Museum , and walking idly up and down Fleet Street - men who might perhaps be the Otways and Chattertons of the age ...
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... called Short Cuts begins with a novel by Mr. George Sims . The conductors seem to have secured as fine a collection of contributors as can be found in the lists of any magazine in the world . Presumably , taste in popular reading has ...
... called Short Cuts begins with a novel by Mr. George Sims . The conductors seem to have secured as fine a collection of contributors as can be found in the lists of any magazine in the world . Presumably , taste in popular reading has ...
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Página 128 - Will no one tell me what she sings? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again!
Página 74 - He looked on naked nature unashamed, And saw the Sphinx, now bestial, now divine, In change and re-change; he nor praised nor blamed, But drew her as he saw with fearless line. Did he good service? God must judge, not we! Manly he was, and generous and sincere; English in all, of genius blithely free: Who loves a Man may see his image here.
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Página 22 - Argot and Slang. A new French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris.
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Página 88 - September one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five a draft of a convention was agreed to for giving to authors of literary and artistic works first published in one of the countries parties to the convention copyright in such works throughout the other countries parties to the convention : And whereas, without the authority of Parliament, such convention cannot be...
Página 48 - ... Wives turn jolly days to melancholy days, All perplexing and vexing one's life, Children are riotous, maid-servants fly at us, Mammy to quiet us growls like a bear ; Polly is squalling, and Molly is bawling, While dad is recalling his Bachelor's Fare. — When they are older grown, then they are bolder grown, Turning your temper, and spurning your rule : Girls, through foolishness, passion or mulishness, Parry your wishes and marry a fool; — Boys will anticipate, lavish and dissipate, All that...
Página 89 - Museum) which are now entitled to receive a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom...
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Página 207 - WHEN HE WOULD HAVE HIS VERSES READ. In sober mornings, do not thou rehearse The holy incantation of a verse ; But when that men have both well drunk, and fed, Let my enchantments then be sung or read. When laurel spirts i...