The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 7G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Literature |
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Page 150
... seemed to have no other stock in trade than this fond desire , and to thrive with it in our sympathetic community . It is scarcely possible but the reader has met the widow of Giovanni Cascamatto , a Vesu- vian lunatic who has long set ...
... seemed to have no other stock in trade than this fond desire , and to thrive with it in our sympathetic community . It is scarcely possible but the reader has met the widow of Giovanni Cascamatto , a Vesu- vian lunatic who has long set ...
Page 151
... seemed glad to be greeted in Italian , but not , so far as I could see , surprised ; and altogether the most amazing thing about my door - step acquaintance of her nation is , that they are never surprised to be spoken to in their own ...
... seemed glad to be greeted in Italian , but not , so far as I could see , surprised ; and altogether the most amazing thing about my door - step acquaintance of her nation is , that they are never surprised to be spoken to in their own ...
Page 154
... seemed divided here as there into rich and poor , signori , persone civili , and povera gente , and their thoughts about us did not go beyond a speculation as to our in- dividual willingness or ability to pay for organ - grinding . But ...
... seemed divided here as there into rich and poor , signori , persone civili , and povera gente , and their thoughts about us did not go beyond a speculation as to our in- dividual willingness or ability to pay for organ - grinding . But ...
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... seemed equally indifferent to the sneers of big boys and the pity of small ones , and lived his own queer life with much apparent enjoyment to himself . It is necessary to introduce Diggs thus particularly , as he not only did Tom and ...
... seemed equally indifferent to the sneers of big boys and the pity of small ones , and lived his own queer life with much apparent enjoyment to himself . It is necessary to introduce Diggs thus particularly , as he not only did Tom and ...
Page 180
... seemed improbable and unreal ; a ray of living light , a ray of the true light of living men , suddenly penetrated his soul . But this ray quickly faded away . Jean Valjean had been dazzled with the idea of liberty . He had be- lieved ...
... seemed improbable and unreal ; a ray of living light , a ray of the true light of living men , suddenly penetrated his soul . But this ray quickly faded away . Jean Valjean had been dazzled with the idea of liberty . He had be- lieved ...
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