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Page 143
... hope in any creature else but man , which hope is given him for the sustentation of his soul . Anima enim non est instar Chamaeleontis , ut pascatur vento , it cannot be fed with fancies , nor all the favours of the world . She is ita ...
... hope in any creature else but man , which hope is given him for the sustentation of his soul . Anima enim non est instar Chamaeleontis , ut pascatur vento , it cannot be fed with fancies , nor all the favours of the world . She is ita ...
Page 422
... hope not , said Trim . - You hope not ! cried Susannah earnestly . The mourning ran not in Trim's head , whatever it did in Susannah's . - I hope - said Trim , explaining himself , I hope in God the news is not true . I heard the letter ...
... hope not , said Trim . - You hope not ! cried Susannah earnestly . The mourning ran not in Trim's head , whatever it did in Susannah's . - I hope - said Trim , explaining himself , I hope in God the news is not true . I heard the letter ...
Page 706
... hope you've forgot nothink ? Miss ' Melia's gownds - have you got them as the lady's maid was to have ' ad ? I hope they'll fit you . Shut the door , Jim , you'll get no good out of ' er , ' continued John , pointing with his thumb ...
... hope you've forgot nothink ? Miss ' Melia's gownds - have you got them as the lady's maid was to have ' ad ? I hope they'll fit you . Shut the door , Jim , you'll get no good out of ' er , ' continued John , pointing with his thumb ...
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