 | 1863 - 520 pages
...after a long day, jaded, fagged, worn out; comes, not to quiet, to peace, to solitude, with an Havnunah and a book, to anything that would soothe the fagged...tax-gatherer's called again, and, please, must he go away ?" Corregio literally dying in the heat and burden of the day, of the weary weight, the torturing rack... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1863 - 516 pages
...after a long day, jaded, fagged, worn out; comes, not to quiet, to peace, to solitude, with an Havaunah and a book, to anything that would soothe the fagged...tax-gatherer's called again, and, please, must he go away ?" Corregio literally dying in the heat and burden of the day, of the weary weight, the torturing rack... | |
 | Ouida - 1907 - 540 pages
...after a long day, jaded, fagged, worn out ; comes, not to quiet, to peace, to solitude, with a cigar and a book, to anything that would soothe the fagged...youngest son has the measles, or bear the leer of tne servants when they say " the tax-gatherer's called again, and, please, must he go away?" 'Wise... | |
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... and a book, to anything that would soothe the fagged nerves and ease the strain for an hour at least : but only for some miserable petty worry, some fresh small care ; to hear his wife going into mortal agonies because her youngest son has the measles,... 