Prose,Abraham Small. William Brown, printer, 1824 |
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Page 11
... night, for two whole weeks, while he watched his old tormentor, carried in the arms of Fortune herself, seated again without resistance on the throne of France, and the cock's combre- placed by her on the eagle's crest. Every moment of ...
... night, for two whole weeks, while he watched his old tormentor, carried in the arms of Fortune herself, seated again without resistance on the throne of France, and the cock's combre- placed by her on the eagle's crest. Every moment of ...
Page 14
... night of such delirious dreamings as find their way into a man's head, when he expects to set out on a journey, and fears that he may not be called in time, — towards daylight I became so much more awake than asleep as to distinguish ...
... night of such delirious dreamings as find their way into a man's head, when he expects to set out on a journey, and fears that he may not be called in time, — towards daylight I became so much more awake than asleep as to distinguish ...
Page 24
... night serene. We had three- and-twenty miles yet to travel, and to my great mortification the circumstance that rendered this part of the way more dreary (and to a disturbed imagination more dangerous) than the low country which we had ...
... night serene. We had three- and-twenty miles yet to travel, and to my great mortification the circumstance that rendered this part of the way more dreary (and to a disturbed imagination more dangerous) than the low country which we had ...
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... night, the poor Hindoo devotee, who does penance in a chair all porcupined with nails, points upwards, might perhaps envy your rest, though your ribs were indented with elbows, and your knees dove-tailed with those of your neighbour ...
... night, the poor Hindoo devotee, who does penance in a chair all porcupined with nails, points upwards, might perhaps envy your rest, though your ribs were indented with elbows, and your knees dove-tailed with those of your neighbour ...
Page 26
... night-quarters put an end to the pleasures and plagues of the day. September 13. This morn ingl rose early,-— early for me,— glad to escape into the fresh air from the burnings, and tossings, and sighings, of the first night in a ...
... night-quarters put an end to the pleasures and plagues of the day. September 13. This morn ingl rose early,-— early for me,— glad to escape into the fresh air from the burnings, and tossings, and sighings, of the first night in a ...
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