Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People, Volume 8Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1874 - American literature |
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... thing , and that what sentimental travelers call picturesqueness was a weariness to his spirit ; but the world was new to him and the charm of fine things often took him by surprise and stole a march on his prema- ture cynicism . He was ...
... thing , and that what sentimental travelers call picturesqueness was a weariness to his spirit ; but the world was new to him and the charm of fine things often took him by surprise and stole a march on his prema- ture cynicism . He was ...
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... thing ? " 66 ' What is it you've got there ? " I asked kindly . " Which hand will you have ? " he said , still laughing . " The right . " " The left , " said Scrope , as he hesitated . He fumbled behind him a moment more , and then ...
... thing ? " 66 ' What is it you've got there ? " I asked kindly . " Which hand will you have ? " he said , still laughing . " The right . " " The left , " said Scrope , as he hesitated . He fumbled behind him a moment more , and then ...
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... thing , " I said to Scrope , " make him an offer , and have done with it . ” " I know what you're thinking - I've played that pretty - faced simpleton a trick , eh ? - and I'm no better than a swindler , evi- dently ! Let me tell you ...
... thing , " I said to Scrope , " make him an offer , and have done with it . ” " I know what you're thinking - I've played that pretty - faced simpleton a trick , eh ? - and I'm no better than a swindler , evi- dently ! Let me tell you ...
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... thing . " He took two or three more turns about the room , and then suddenly stopped before his toilet - table , and pulled out a tray in his dressing - case . There lay the great intaglio ; larger even than I should have dared to boast ...
... thing . " He took two or three more turns about the room , and then suddenly stopped before his toilet - table , and pulled out a tray in his dressing - case . There lay the great intaglio ; larger even than I should have dared to boast ...
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... things than that vixen of a Ninetta . But they knocked their glasses on the table , and jeered at me in chorus . Any ... thing I did was to buy a gilt hair - pin from a peddler , and give it to the Ninetta a young girl of my village ...
... things than that vixen of a Ninetta . But they knocked their glasses on the table , and jeered at me in chorus . Any ... thing I did was to buy a gilt hair - pin from a peddler , and give it to the Ninetta a young girl of my village ...
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