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Page 101
... better go . " And I'd desire no better than that she would take me at my word , for my Lady Dashfort's is a much better place , I'm told , and she's dying to have me , I know . ' In such a soliloquy as this we are not far away from the ...
... better go . " And I'd desire no better than that she would take me at my word , for my Lady Dashfort's is a much better place , I'm told , and she's dying to have me , I know . ' In such a soliloquy as this we are not far away from the ...
Page 198
... better than most . His first book , Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities ( 1838 ) , was a reprinting of sketches contributed to the New Sporting Magazine , of which he was editor . As episodic as Pickwick in its beginnings , it recounted ...
... better than most . His first book , Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities ( 1838 ) , was a reprinting of sketches contributed to the New Sporting Magazine , of which he was editor . As episodic as Pickwick in its beginnings , it recounted ...
Page 215
... better for me to do without earthly happiness altogether ... I never felt that I had enough music- I wanted more instruments playing together - I wanted voices to be fuller and deeper . ' And she is set perfectly in her yeoman ...
... better for me to do without earthly happiness altogether ... I never felt that I had enough music- I wanted more instruments playing together - I wanted voices to be fuller and deeper . ' And she is set perfectly in her yeoman ...
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