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Page 70
But he flung a stone ; it fell to earth , like the arrow , he knew not where . In the end it fell into the hands of Frank Harris , who pretended that Thomas told him the whole terrible story of an unconsummated marriage .
But he flung a stone ; it fell to earth , like the arrow , he knew not where . In the end it fell into the hands of Frank Harris , who pretended that Thomas told him the whole terrible story of an unconsummated marriage .
Page 73
If , in the course of his life , he found himself spiritually at the junction of Chiswick Mall and the Hammersmith Road he was strongly tempted to run back to the private miseries he knew , rather than risk the unknown , the noisy ...
If , in the course of his life , he found himself spiritually at the junction of Chiswick Mall and the Hammersmith Road he was strongly tempted to run back to the private miseries he knew , rather than risk the unknown , the noisy ...
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The most learned linguist I knew in youth , who was proficient in every European language , wrote unreadably . I always saw him with some sinking of a buoyant heart , so learned was he , and so strictly did he observe , and expect ...
The most learned linguist I knew in youth , who was proficient in every European language , wrote unreadably . I always saw him with some sinking of a buoyant heart , so learned was he , and so strictly did he observe , and expect ...
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WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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