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... history of the past . They who were then the great performers upon the theatre of public life have fretted their hour and disap- peared from the stage . Many who were living and flourishing when their names were here sportively or ...
... history of the past . They who were then the great performers upon the theatre of public life have fretted their hour and disap- peared from the stage . Many who were living and flourishing when their names were here sportively or ...
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... HISTORY AT HOME AND AT TEA . If thou be a severe sour complexioned man then I here dis- allow thee to be a competent judge . IZAAK WALTON . CHAPTER II . P. I. p . 47 . WHEREIN CERTAIN QUESTIONS ARE PROPOSED CON- CERNING TIME , PLACE AND ...
... HISTORY AT HOME AND AT TEA . If thou be a severe sour complexioned man then I here dis- allow thee to be a competent judge . IZAAK WALTON . CHAPTER II . P. I. p . 47 . WHEREIN CERTAIN QUESTIONS ARE PROPOSED CON- CERNING TIME , PLACE AND ...
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... HISTORY NOTICED WHICH IS WRITTEN BACKWARD . THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES AN ESPECIAL EVIL FOR SCHOOL BOYS . For never in the long and tedious tract Of slavish grammar was I made to plod ; No tyranny of Rules my patience rackt ; I served no ...
... HISTORY NOTICED WHICH IS WRITTEN BACKWARD . THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES AN ESPECIAL EVIL FOR SCHOOL BOYS . For never in the long and tedious tract Of slavish grammar was I made to plod ; No tyranny of Rules my patience rackt ; I served no ...
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... History , " said I , " of Dr. Daniel Dove of Doncaster , and his Horse Nobs . " She answered , " No indeed ! I will have no such nonsense dedicated to me ! " - and with that she drew up her upper lip , and the lower region of the nose ...
... History , " said I , " of Dr. Daniel Dove of Doncaster , and his Horse Nobs . " She answered , " No indeed ! I will have no such nonsense dedicated to me ! " - and with that she drew up her upper lip , and the lower region of the nose ...
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... history in the potential mood , that pockets are coeval with clothing : and , as erudite men have maintained that language and even letters are of divine origin , there might with like reason be a conclusion drawn from the twenty ...
... history in the potential mood , that pockets are coeval with clothing : and , as erudite men have maintained that language and even letters are of divine origin , there might with like reason be a conclusion drawn from the twenty ...
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