Beauties Selected from the Writings of Thomas De QuinceyHoughton, Osgood, 1879 - 432 sider |
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... SIR HUMPHRY DAVY 887 MRS . SIDDONS AND MRS . HANNAH MORE 889 SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON 392 DETACHED GEMS 401 INTRODUCTORY NOTICE OF DE QUINCEY'S LIFE AND WRITINGS . GREAT iv CONTENTS .
... SIR HUMPHRY DAVY 887 MRS . SIDDONS AND MRS . HANNAH MORE 889 SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON 392 DETACHED GEMS 401 INTRODUCTORY NOTICE OF DE QUINCEY'S LIFE AND WRITINGS . GREAT iv CONTENTS .
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... Hamilton , as of one specially distin- guished by manliness and elevation of character , and occasionally gazed at as a monster of eruditon . Indeed , the extent of his reading was said to be portentous in fact ... SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON . 393.
... Hamilton , as of one specially distin- guished by manliness and elevation of character , and occasionally gazed at as a monster of eruditon . Indeed , the extent of his reading was said to be portentous in fact ... SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON . 393.
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... Sir William Hamilton , on the other hand , was an apparent carelessness whether he took any conspicuous share or none at all in the conversation . It is possible that , as the representative of an ancient family he may secretly have ...
... Sir William Hamilton , on the other hand , was an apparent carelessness whether he took any conspicuous share or none at all in the conversation . It is possible that , as the representative of an ancient family he may secretly have ...
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... William's reputation was as yet of that interesting ( because somewhat mysterious ) kind , which has not yet crept into newspapers , but is moving , even locally , only through whispers . And in these whispers ... SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON . 395.
... William's reputation was as yet of that interesting ( because somewhat mysterious ) kind , which has not yet crept into newspapers , but is moving , even locally , only through whispers . And in these whispers ... SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON . 395.
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... Sir Wiliam Hamilton , who fancied that his enormous reading tended to any result so barren as this . But other whisperers there were , who would have persuaded me that Sir William was simply a great linguist . Since the time when I ...
... Sir Wiliam Hamilton , who fancied that his enormous reading tended to any result so barren as this . But other whisperers there were , who would have persuaded me that Sir William was simply a great linguist . Since the time when I ...
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