Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth CenturyBaudry's foreign library, 1832 - 477 pagina's |
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Pagina 3
... tion , and showed me the way to intellectual enjoyment . You made me an historian , a metaphysician ( invita Minerva ) , -nay , by Heaven ! you had almost made an advocate of me , as well as of yourself . Yes , rather than part with you ...
... tion , and showed me the way to intellectual enjoyment . You made me an historian , a metaphysician ( invita Minerva ) , -nay , by Heaven ! you had almost made an advocate of me , as well as of yourself . Yes , rather than part with you ...
Pagina 5
... tion of your legal studies . In a word , if I cannot be a coun- sel , I am determined to be a client , a sort of person without whom a lawsuit would be as dull as a supposed case . am determined to give you your first fee . One can ...
... tion of your legal studies . In a word , if I cannot be a coun- sel , I am determined to be a client , a sort of person without whom a lawsuit would be as dull as a supposed case . am determined to give you your first fee . One can ...
Pagina 12
... tion to him . " As I saw my father's scruples were much softened by the consciousness of his superiority in the legal argument , I took care to accept my pardon as a matter of grace , rather than of justice ; and only replied , we ...
... tion to him . " As I saw my father's scruples were much softened by the consciousness of his superiority in the legal argument , I took care to accept my pardon as a matter of grace , rather than of justice ; and only replied , we ...
Pagina 34
... tion with the mute inhabitants of the mansion , when my conductor re - entered from the side - door by which he had made his exit . * The frame of wooden shelves placed in a Scottish kitchen for holding plates . He had now thrown off ...
... tion with the mute inhabitants of the mansion , when my conductor re - entered from the side - door by which he had made his exit . * The frame of wooden shelves placed in a Scottish kitchen for holding plates . He had now thrown off ...
Pagina 40
... tion , my fancy may have misled me . I was tempted se- veral times to call aloud , and ask whether the turmoil around us did not threaten danger to the building which we inha- bited ; but when I thought of the secluded and unsocial ...
... tion , my fancy may have misled me . I was tempted se- veral times to call aloud , and ask whether the turmoil around us did not threaten danger to the building which we inha- bited ; but when I thought of the secluded and unsocial ...
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