...next day in the Cathedral. He did not content himself with asking me what I thought of it in general, but insisted on my telling him what passages struck me most. I was fortunate enough in picking out those which were most to his own taste, his favourite passages....

...out. I seemed to have purchased the fee simple of his good graces by my flattery. Day after day did I get a step further in his esteem ; and Don Ferdinand,...out those which were nearest to his own taste, his favorite commonplaces. Thus, as luck would have it, I passed in his estimation for a man who had a...

...purchased the fee simple of his good graces by my flattery. Day after day did I get a step farther in his esteem; and Don Ferdinand, who came to see...those which were nearest to his own taste, — his favorite commonplaces. Thus, as luck would have it, I passed in his estimation for a man who had a...

...out. I seemed to have purchased the fee simple of his good graces by my flattery. Day after day did I get a step further in his esteem ; and Don Ferdinand,...out those which were nearest to his own taste, his favorite commonplaces. Thus, as luck would have it, I passed in his estimation for a man who had a...

...Don Ferdinand, who came to see him very often, told me my footing was so firm that there could be no doubt but my fortune was made. Of this my master himself...those which were nearest to his own taste, — his favorite commonplaces. Thus, as luck would have it, I passed in his estimation for a man who had a...

...doubt but my fortune was made. Of this my master himself gave me a proof some little time afterward; and the occasion was as follows: One evening in his...those which were nearest to his own taste — his favorite commonplaces. Thus, as luck would have it, I passed in his estimation for a man who had a...

...out. I seemed to have purchased the fee-simple of his good graces by my flattery. Day after day did I get a step further in his esteem; and Don Ferdinand,...out those which were nearest to his own taste, his favorite commonplaces. Thus, as luck would have it, I passed in his estimation for a man who had a...

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