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Pagina xviii
... seen throughout his papers . But of the various gifts that fitted him for his self - imposed task , the most perfect was his sense of humour , humour that while free from all bitterness was yet exquisitely penetrative , a humour , like ...
... seen throughout his papers . But of the various gifts that fitted him for his self - imposed task , the most perfect was his sense of humour , humour that while free from all bitterness was yet exquisitely penetrative , a humour , like ...
Pagina 3
... seen ; nay , to such a degree was my curiosity raised , that having read the controversies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt , I made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on purpose to take the measure of a pyramid ; and , as ...
... seen ; nay , to such a degree was my curiosity raised , that having read the controversies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt , I made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on purpose to take the measure of a pyramid ; and , as ...
Pagina 4
... seen , read , and heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing ; and to print my- self out , if possible ...
... seen , read , and heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing ; and to print my- self out , if possible ...
Pagina 13
... seen ( even in a dream ) before that time . They came in two by two , though matched in the most dissociable manner , and 10 mingled together in a kind of dance . It would be tedious to describe their habits and persons ; for which ...
... seen ( even in a dream ) before that time . They came in two by two , though matched in the most dissociable manner , and 10 mingled together in a kind of dance . It would be tedious to describe their habits and persons ; for which ...
Pagina 14
... seen , with the Genius of Great Britain . At their first entrance the lady revived ; the bags swelled to their former bulk ; the piles of faggots , and heaps of paper , changed into 20 pyramids of guineas : and , for my own part , I was ...
... seen , with the Genius of Great Britain . At their first entrance the lady revived ; the bags swelled to their former bulk ; the piles of faggots , and heaps of paper , changed into 20 pyramids of guineas : and , for my own part , I was ...
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