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a a I do remember an old bachelorAnd hereabouts he dwells — whom late I noted In suit of sables with a care - worn brow Conning his books ; and meagre were his looks.Celibacy had worn him to the bones ;And in his silent parlour hung a ...
a a I do remember an old bachelorAnd hereabouts he dwells — whom late I noted In suit of sables with a care - worn brow Conning his books ; and meagre were his looks.Celibacy had worn him to the bones ;And in his silent parlour hung a ...
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I do remember a precise old maidAnd hereabout she dwells — whom late I noted In rustling gown , with wan and withered lips , Demure and formal , dusting - cloth in hand , Rubbing her chairs , and meagre were her looks .
I do remember a precise old maidAnd hereabout she dwells — whom late I noted In rustling gown , with wan and withered lips , Demure and formal , dusting - cloth in hand , Rubbing her chairs , and meagre were her looks .
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I could scarcely venture to look beneath . The height was dizzy , and the walls , which approached each other at top , receded at the bottom , so as to form the resemblance of an immense hall , lighted from a rift , which some ...
I could scarcely venture to look beneath . The height was dizzy , and the walls , which approached each other at top , receded at the bottom , so as to form the resemblance of an immense hall , lighted from a rift , which some ...
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There was somewhat in his attitude and looks denoting more than anarchy of thoughts and passions . His rueful , ghastly , and immoveable eyes , testified not only that his mind was ravaged by despair , but that he was pinched with ...
There was somewhat in his attitude and looks denoting more than anarchy of thoughts and passions . His rueful , ghastly , and immoveable eyes , testified not only that his mind was ravaged by despair , but that he was pinched with ...
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came . conscious of the voice , but not of the quarter whence it He was looking anxiously around when I again spoke - Look hither : It is I who called . He looked . Astonishment was now mingled with every other dreadful meaning in his ...
came . conscious of the voice , but not of the quarter whence it He was looking anxiously around when I again spoke - Look hither : It is I who called . He looked . Astonishment was now mingled with every other dreadful meaning in his ...
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| Título | The Philadelphia Book, Or, Specimens of Metropolitan Literature |
| Autor | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau |
| Editor | Key & Biddle, 1836 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 28 Feb. 2006 |
| Largo | 380 páginas |
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