Bentley's Miscellany, Opseg 27

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Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith
Richard Bentley, 1850
 

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Stranica 369 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
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