The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4Atlantic Monthly Company, 1859 - American essays |
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Page 50
... never before known as his friends . couldn't get through the streets any day without meeting the solidest sort of men , with whom he had never exchanged a word in his life , but whose faces were as familiar as that of the Old - South ...
... never before known as his friends . couldn't get through the streets any day without meeting the solidest sort of men , with whom he had never exchanged a word in his life , but whose faces were as familiar as that of the Old - South ...
Page 59
... never used boots ; and his shoes , though carefully dusted , were never blacked . A most unpretend- ing bow fastened his cravat of colored cambric . For many years his only outer garment was a brown camlet cloak , of very scanty ...
... never used boots ; and his shoes , though carefully dusted , were never blacked . A most unpretend- ing bow fastened his cravat of colored cambric . For many years his only outer garment was a brown camlet cloak , of very scanty ...
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... never , in my hearing , said a hard thing of any woman , or of the sex ; and I remember distinctly the flattering and even poetic appreciation with which he spoke of indi- vidual ladies . Of one who has since be- come a distinguished ...
... never , in my hearing , said a hard thing of any woman , or of the sex ; and I remember distinctly the flattering and even poetic appreciation with which he spoke of indi- vidual ladies . Of one who has since be- come a distinguished ...
Page 64
... never un- derstood the adventure in which he thus unconsciously formed the principal char- acter . While we were in Berlin , the native town of Percival , he related to me sev- eral incidents of his earlier life . His father was ...
... never un- derstood the adventure in which he thus unconsciously formed the principal char- acter . While we were in Berlin , the native town of Percival , he related to me sev- eral incidents of his earlier life . His father was ...
Page 65
... never was in Scotland . ” “ Who are you , Sir ? ' Mr. Adam wanted to ask , but kept the question until he could put it to me . I did not feel much hesitation in telling him that the stranger must have been Percival ; and Percival it was ...
... never was in Scotland . ” “ Who are you , Sir ? ' Mr. Adam wanted to ask , but kept the question until he could put it to me . I did not feel much hesitation in telling him that the stranger must have been Percival ; and Percival it was ...
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