The New Monthly Magazine and Literary JournalHenry Colburn and Company, 1834 |
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... never was a listener or an eave opper ; but the most incurious person in the world will admit , I at nothing is so tantalizing as to hear laughter in an adjoining room without being aware of the cause , and nothing so worrying as to be ...
... never was a listener or an eave opper ; but the most incurious person in the world will admit , I at nothing is so tantalizing as to hear laughter in an adjoining room without being aware of the cause , and nothing so worrying as to be ...
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... never seen such a man before , nor have I ever seen such a one since : from the time he sat down to dinner till all was done , his tongue never ceased - he was au fait at everything - played billiards better than anybody I ever saw ...
... never seen such a man before , nor have I ever seen such a one since : from the time he sat down to dinner till all was done , his tongue never ceased - he was au fait at everything - played billiards better than anybody I ever saw ...
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... never was so abashed in my life . My friend , on the contrary , seemed perfectly at home ; and , placing himself beside her Ladyship , made a sign for me to occupy a vacant seat between the young ladies . Never did I see two more lovely ...
... never was so abashed in my life . My friend , on the contrary , seemed perfectly at home ; and , placing himself beside her Ladyship , made a sign for me to occupy a vacant seat between the young ladies . Never did I see two more lovely ...
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... never hesitate about sacrificing their friends . " " I believe you speak truly . I was right in playing that thirteenth card ? " " Quite so . Above all things , I love a thirteenth card . I send it forth , like a mock project in a ...
... never hesitate about sacrificing their friends . " " I believe you speak truly . I was right in playing that thirteenth card ? " " Quite so . Above all things , I love a thirteenth card . I send it forth , like a mock project in a ...
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... never " To speak the truth , " said Proserpine , " I am a little disappointed that I have not had an opportunity , during my visit , of becoming ac- quainted with some of the chiefs of that celebrated party ; for , although a Liberal ...
... never " To speak the truth , " said Proserpine , " I am a little disappointed that I have not had an opportunity , during my visit , of becoming ac- quainted with some of the chiefs of that celebrated party ; for , although a Liberal ...
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