Fifty Years of London Life: Memoirs of a Man of the WorldHarper & brothers, 1885 - 444 páginas |
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... suppose that I would knowingly dissuade you from any beneficial plan for securing or hastening your advancement in life . But I must say , with General Tom Thumb , ' King Arthur , beware ! ' Many a thing good in itself becomes ruinous ...
... suppose that I would knowingly dissuade you from any beneficial plan for securing or hastening your advancement in life . But I must say , with General Tom Thumb , ' King Arthur , beware ! ' Many a thing good in itself becomes ruinous ...
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... suppose I could have been more than five years old , when it was determined to send me to a pre- paratory school at Highgate , which was strongly recom- mended by my godfather , Mr. Hodgson , whose nephews had been pupils there . It was ...
... suppose I could have been more than five years old , when it was determined to send me to a pre- paratory school at Highgate , which was strongly recom- mended by my godfather , Mr. Hodgson , whose nephews had been pupils there . It was ...
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... suppose the latter was at the height of its fame just then ; but the political letters of " Publicola " and " Gracchus " had naturally no attraction for me , and I was far more taken with the glimpses of life revealed in the fashiona ...
... suppose the latter was at the height of its fame just then ; but the political letters of " Publicola " and " Gracchus " had naturally no attraction for me , and I was far more taken with the glimpses of life revealed in the fashiona ...
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... suppose , even in those days , character study had a fascination for me . He was a young man still - only a little over thirty , I should say ; but we never could clear- ly make out what had been his previous career . He never actually ...
... suppose , even in those days , character study had a fascination for me . He was a young man still - only a little over thirty , I should say ; but we never could clear- ly make out what had been his previous career . He never actually ...
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... suppose what I acquired did me much good . I could read , construe , and parse the principal Latin and Greek poets - I am sure I could not do so now - but of English classics I was wholly ignorant : they formed no portion of the ...
... suppose what I acquired did me much good . I could read , construe , and parse the principal Latin and Greek poets - I am sure I could not do so now - but of English classics I was wholly ignorant : they formed no portion of the ...
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Fifty Years of London Life: Memoirs of a Man of the World ... Edmund Hodgson Yates Vista completa - 1881 |
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