Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Volumen9Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1827 |
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... taste , with correct feelings , and a mind well cultivated by reading , to which she added a rich treasure of ma- ternal tenderness . With qualities like these she could scarcely find her toils wholly unrewarded . She engaged tutors for ...
... taste , with correct feelings , and a mind well cultivated by reading , to which she added a rich treasure of ma- ternal tenderness . With qualities like these she could scarcely find her toils wholly unrewarded . She engaged tutors for ...
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... taste for reading almost at the breast ; and even when I was not more than four or five years old , books had more charms for me than a rocking- horse . The first work from which I recollect to have received any strong impression , was ...
... taste for reading almost at the breast ; and even when I was not more than four or five years old , books had more charms for me than a rocking- horse . The first work from which I recollect to have received any strong impression , was ...
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... taste , " he says , is refined . " Ah no ! but thou hast not perused it with the like sensations as formerly . A gentle touch sufficed at that time to make every nerve tremble , but now , to be affected they must be shaken . Indeed were ...
... taste , " he says , is refined . " Ah no ! but thou hast not perused it with the like sensations as formerly . A gentle touch sufficed at that time to make every nerve tremble , but now , to be affected they must be shaken . Indeed were ...
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... of my attention , that I could repeat the whole of Less- ing's Emilia Galotti ' by heart , without ever having seen the book . It must however be observed , and- 6 ' tis much to the honour of the taste then 24 LIFE OF KOTZEBUE .
... of my attention , that I could repeat the whole of Less- ing's Emilia Galotti ' by heart , without ever having seen the book . It must however be observed , and- 6 ' tis much to the honour of the taste then 24 LIFE OF KOTZEBUE .
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... taste then prevalent in Weimar , formed under an influence of an amiable and discerning princess , that Emilia Galotti ' was per- formed very frequently , and always to full houses . The part of Odoardo was played by Eckhof , and was ...
... taste then prevalent in Weimar , formed under an influence of an amiable and discerning princess , that Emilia Galotti ' was per- formed very frequently , and always to full houses . The part of Odoardo was played by Eckhof , and was ...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volumen9 Vista completa - 1830 |
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