Prose and Verse, Volume 2Wiley and Putnam, 1845 - English literature |
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... present attracts so much of the public attention , by his eager running along with the Sun , the Globe , the British and the Hand - in- Hand . Of course I have seen a great many fires in my time - Ro . therhithe , the theatres , the ...
... present attracts so much of the public attention , by his eager running along with the Sun , the Globe , the British and the Hand - in- Hand . Of course I have seen a great many fires in my time - Ro . therhithe , the theatres , the ...
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... present at the gutting of a ship chan- dler's . As the bard says- 66 " Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires , " and I could almost have supposed myself a fireman belonging to the Phoenix . My first step into the street discouraged ...
... present at the gutting of a ship chan- dler's . As the bard says- 66 " Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires , " and I could almost have supposed myself a fireman belonging to the Phoenix . My first step into the street discouraged ...
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... present at Constantinople . - The Real Sun. We are enabled to state that the individual who displayed so much coolness in the South Turret was Captain Back . - The Public Journal . It is said that considerable interest was evinced by ...
... present at Constantinople . - The Real Sun. We are enabled to state that the individual who displayed so much coolness in the South Turret was Captain Back . - The Public Journal . It is said that considerable interest was evinced by ...
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... present his petitions . Short - hand would have come next , that I might take down his speechifying - for he says the reporters all garble . An't I well out of it all — and a place he was to get for me besides , from the Prime Minister ...
... present his petitions . Short - hand would have come next , that I might take down his speechifying - for he says the reporters all garble . An't I well out of it all — and a place he was to get for me besides , from the Prime Minister ...
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... as requiring to be personally present at all that passed between the dairymaid and her cousin . It escaped memory to say that when the femi- nine department refused to be deprived of rest , the THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION . 25.
... as requiring to be personally present at all that passed between the dairymaid and her cousin . It escaped memory to say that when the femi- nine department refused to be deprived of rest , the THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION . 25.
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