Adventures Among Books: First[-third] Selection, Volume 2Hokuseido Press, 1950 - American literature |
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... BALLOON ' IS this the balloon that has been so long expected , this balloon to which I subscribed , but without payment ? It is pity that philoso- phers have been disappointed , and shame that they have been cheated ; but I know not ...
... BALLOON ' IS this the balloon that has been so long expected , this balloon to which I subscribed , but without payment ? It is pity that philoso- phers have been disappointed , and shame that they have been cheated ; but I know not ...
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... balloon yours was far the best , and has enabled me to impart to my friends in the country an idea of this species of amuse- ment . ' The fate of the balloon I do not much 15 lament to make new balloons , is to repeat the jest again ...
... balloon yours was far the best , and has enabled me to impart to my friends in the country an idea of this species of amuse- ment . ' The fate of the balloon I do not much 15 lament to make new balloons , is to repeat the jest again ...
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... balloon , I could have been content with one . Do not write about the balloon , whatever else you may think proper to say . ' Letters to Dr. Brocklesby and Sir Joshua Reynolds , 1784 . Samuel Johnson . 46. WATER V. BEER I NOW began to ...
... balloon , I could have been content with one . Do not write about the balloon , whatever else you may think proper to say . ' Letters to Dr. Brocklesby and Sir Joshua Reynolds , 1784 . Samuel Johnson . 46. WATER V. BEER I NOW began to ...
Contents
THE FUTURE | 1 |
THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS Daniel Webster | 11 |
THE PHANTOM PORTRAIT S T Coleridge | 29 |
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