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Pagina 38
... persons , in the exultation of a supposed cure , it was proclaimed far and wide , by dint of handbills and little pamphlets on dingy paper , that a distinguished gentleman , Roderick Elliston , Esq . , had been relieved of a SNAKE in ...
... persons , in the exultation of a supposed cure , it was proclaimed far and wide , by dint of handbills and little pamphlets on dingy paper , that a distinguished gentleman , Roderick Elliston , Esq . , had been relieved of a SNAKE in ...
Pagina 39
... . But still more , this craving for notori- ety was a symptom of the intense morbidness which now pervaded his nature . All persons chronically diseased are egotists , whether the disease be of 39 EGOTISM ; OR , THE BOSOM SERPENT.
... . But still more , this craving for notori- ety was a symptom of the intense morbidness which now pervaded his nature . All persons chronically diseased are egotists , whether the disease be of 39 EGOTISM ; OR , THE BOSOM SERPENT.
Pagina 41
... persons gave him credit for being possessed not merely with a serpent , but with an actual fiend , who imparted this evil faculty of recognizing whatever was ugliest in man's heart . For instance , he met an individual , who , for ...
... persons gave him credit for being possessed not merely with a serpent , but with an actual fiend , who imparted this evil faculty of recognizing whatever was ugliest in man's heart . For instance , he met an individual , who , for ...
Pagina 43
... person's stomach , Roderick as- sured him that his snake was a copper - head , and had been generated by the immense quan- tities of that base metal , with which he daily defiled his fingers . Again , he assaulted a man of rubicund ...
... person's stomach , Roderick as- sured him that his snake was a copper - head , and had been generated by the immense quan- tities of that base metal , with which he daily defiled his fingers . Again , he assaulted a man of rubicund ...
Pagina 44
... did quite as much mischief as one great one . But nothing seemed to please Roderick bet- ter than to lay hold of a person infected with jealousy , which he represented as an enor- mous green 44 MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE.
... did quite as much mischief as one great one . But nothing seemed to please Roderick bet- ter than to lay hold of a person infected with jealousy , which he represented as an enor- mous green 44 MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE.
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