The Essays of Elia and the Last Essays of EliaLittle, Brown, 1892 - 249 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 6
... tion till evening brought on the hour of tea and visiting . The simultaneous sound of his well - known rap at the door with the stroke of the clock an- nouncing six , was a topic of never - failing mirth in the families which this dear ...
... tion till evening brought on the hour of tea and visiting . The simultaneous sound of his well - known rap at the door with the stroke of the clock an- nouncing six , was a topic of never - failing mirth in the families which this dear ...
Σελίδα 19
... tion of them without an accompanying feeling , as though a palpable obscure had dimmed the face of things , and that our ancestors wandered to and fro groping ! Above all thy rarities , old Oxenford , what do most arride and solace me ...
... tion of them without an accompanying feeling , as though a palpable obscure had dimmed the face of things , and that our ancestors wandered to and fro groping ! Above all thy rarities , old Oxenford , what do most arride and solace me ...
Σελίδα 58
... tion , and to grudge at the expenditure of moments and shortest periods , like miser's farthings . In pro- portion as the years both lessen and shorten , I set more count upon their periods , and would fain lay my ineffectual finger ...
... tion , and to grudge at the expenditure of moments and shortest periods , like miser's farthings . In pro- portion as the years both lessen and shorten , I set more count upon their periods , and would fain lay my ineffectual finger ...
Σελίδα 61
... tion , or more frightful and confounding Positive ! " " - Those antidotes , prescribed against the fear of thee , are altogether frigid and insulting , like thy- self . For what satisfaction hath a man , that he shall " lie down with ...
... tion , or more frightful and confounding Positive ! " " - Those antidotes , prescribed against the fear of thee , are altogether frigid and insulting , like thy- self . For what satisfaction hath a man , that he shall " lie down with ...
Σελίδα 91
... tion . It is observed , that " the foolisher the fowl or fish , woodcocks , dotterels , cod's - heads , & c . the finer the flesh thereof , " and what are commonly the world's received fools , but such whereof the world is not worthy ...
... tion . It is observed , that " the foolisher the fowl or fish , woodcocks , dotterels , cod's - heads , & c . the finer the flesh thereof , " and what are commonly the world's received fools , but such whereof the world is not worthy ...
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