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... faces , and appearance . I love to muse a moment , not without pity , on that unenviable class of the com- munity , bill - deliverers , placard - bearers , and " walk into the auction " men . Oh , what a tale do their haggard cheeks ...
... faces , and appearance . I love to muse a moment , not without pity , on that unenviable class of the com- munity , bill - deliverers , placard - bearers , and " walk into the auction " men . Oh , what a tale do their haggard cheeks ...
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... faces of the assembled multitude - to hear the remarks , the wisdom , and experience of age , and to drink in the impassioned appeals and stormy eloquence of more youthful hearts . I like , on such occasions , to feel my bosom beating ...
... faces of the assembled multitude - to hear the remarks , the wisdom , and experience of age , and to drink in the impassioned appeals and stormy eloquence of more youthful hearts . I like , on such occasions , to feel my bosom beating ...
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... face , in spite of his iron helmet . This passage of Holy Writ is a perfect picture . Among such a profusion of armed men and armed horses , the spectator becomes bewildered . Here are Edward 1 , in his hauberk ; Henry VI , in flexible ...
... face , in spite of his iron helmet . This passage of Holy Writ is a perfect picture . Among such a profusion of armed men and armed horses , the spectator becomes bewildered . Here are Edward 1 , in his hauberk ; Henry VI , in flexible ...
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... faces and dark mustachios , one of whom speaks a little English ; and a little gentlemanly Frenchman of low stature , who , whether he can speak English or not , will not . The Spaniards are reserved , the Frenchman very communicative ...
... faces and dark mustachios , one of whom speaks a little English ; and a little gentlemanly Frenchman of low stature , who , whether he can speak English or not , will not . The Spaniards are reserved , the Frenchman very communicative ...
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... face , to ask whether they will bite ; and mamma seems not quite sure that the climb- ing bear will not leap from the top of the pole . It appears but as yesterday , when I stood on this very spot with the Rajah Ram - mohun Roy at my ...
... face , to ask whether they will bite ; and mamma seems not quite sure that the climb- ing bear will not leap from the top of the pole . It appears but as yesterday , when I stood on this very spot with the Rajah Ram - mohun Roy at my ...
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