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Page 85
... talk and communication so merry and pleasant , yea , and that without harm , that through his gentle enter- tainment ... talking with a certain Stranger , a man well stricken in age , with a black sun - burned face , a long beard , and a ...
... talk and communication so merry and pleasant , yea , and that without harm , that through his gentle enter- tainment ... talking with a certain Stranger , a man well stricken in age , with a black sun - burned face , a long beard , and a ...
Page 186
... talk in the schools ? Kings are all individuals , this or that King ; there is no species of kings . A King that claims privileges in his own kingdom , because they have them in another , is just as a cook that claims fees in one lord's ...
... talk in the schools ? Kings are all individuals , this or that King ; there is no species of kings . A King that claims privileges in his own kingdom , because they have them in another , is just as a cook that claims fees in one lord's ...
Page 665
... talk like a Gorgio - which is the same as talking like a fool . Were you a Romany Chal , you would talk wiser . Wish to die , indeed ! A Romany Chal would wish to live for ever ! ' In sickness , Jasper ? ' ' There's the sun and stars ...
... talk like a Gorgio - which is the same as talking like a fool . Were you a Romany Chal , you would talk wiser . Wish to die , indeed ! A Romany Chal would wish to live for ever ! ' In sickness , Jasper ? ' ' There's the sun and stars ...
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