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... enjoy the innocent pastime and the quiet repose which no other recreation affords in such full measure , I will not regret that they have been given a form which was not originally in- tended . G. D. No life , my honest scholar , no life ...
... enjoy the innocent pastime and the quiet repose which no other recreation affords in such full measure , I will not regret that they have been given a form which was not originally in- tended . G. D. No life , my honest scholar , no life ...
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... enjoy what they are pleased to characterize as " the pleasure they derive " from these rambling jottings , that I have reluctantly consented to gratify the few with whom I know I shall be en rapport from the start , at the hazard of ...
... enjoy what they are pleased to characterize as " the pleasure they derive " from these rambling jottings , that I have reluctantly consented to gratify the few with whom I know I shall be en rapport from the start , at the hazard of ...
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... enjoy a con- tentedness above the reach of such dispositions . * * * " And for our ' simplicity , ' if you mean by that a harm- lessness , or that simplicity which was usually found in the primitive Christians , who were , as most ...
... enjoy a con- tentedness above the reach of such dispositions . * * * " And for our ' simplicity , ' if you mean by that a harm- lessness , or that simplicity which was usually found in the primitive Christians , who were , as most ...
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... enjoy- ment ; - from which I infer either that few but those who are blest with robust constitutions ever acquire a passion for angling , or that the pastime itself creates the healthful vitality which insures a vigorous old age . But ...
... enjoy- ment ; - from which I infer either that few but those who are blest with robust constitutions ever acquire a passion for angling , or that the pastime itself creates the healthful vitality which insures a vigorous old age . But ...
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... enjoyed perfect health . ” " Yes , " I replied , " thanks to a kind Providence , I am never really sick , and to - day I am as free from ail- ment as a sky - lark from bronchitis . " " Well , I am glad to hear it , certainly ; but if ...
... enjoyed perfect health . ” " Yes , " I replied , " thanks to a kind Providence , I am never really sick , and to - day I am as free from ail- ment as a sky - lark from bronchitis . " " Well , I am glad to hear it , certainly ; but if ...
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