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... sense of the term , that is , persons of plebeian rank ) were necessarily prone to be guilty of base and unworthy actions ; and at the present day we can hardly appreciate the boldness which made him assert more than once that the true ...
... sense of the term , that is , persons of plebeian rank ) were necessarily prone to be guilty of base and unworthy actions ; and at the present day we can hardly appreciate the boldness which made him assert more than once that the true ...
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... sense , more or less joined to religious exercise of any sort , that men are equal before God , and also , in no slight degree , because men of all ranks trot- ting upon the high - road with chance companions whom they might never see ...
... sense , more or less joined to religious exercise of any sort , that men are equal before God , and also , in no slight degree , because men of all ranks trot- ting upon the high - road with chance companions whom they might never see ...
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... sense , more or less joined to religious exercise of any sort , that men are equal before God , and also , in no slight degree , because men of all ranks trot- ting upon the high - road with chance companions whom they might never see ...
... sense , more or less joined to religious exercise of any sort , that men are equal before God , and also , in no slight degree , because men of all ranks trot- ting upon the high - road with chance companions whom they might never see ...
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... sense English ceased to be the language of literature " , and for about two hundred m Tyrwhitt , Introductory Discourse to the Canterbury Tales . n It is altogether erroneous to suppose that immediately after the Norman Conquest English ...
... sense English ceased to be the language of literature " , and for about two hundred m Tyrwhitt , Introductory Discourse to the Canterbury Tales . n It is altogether erroneous to suppose that immediately after the Norman Conquest English ...
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... sense of what , what sort of : — ' Which a miracle ther befel anoon . ' ( Knightes Tale , 1817 ; see Prol . 1. 40. ) It is not used exactly as a relative , as in modern Eng- lish , but is joined with that ; as ' Hem whiche that wepith ...
... sense of what , what sort of : — ' Which a miracle ther befel anoon . ' ( Knightes Tale , 1817 ; see Prol . 1. 40. ) It is not used exactly as a relative , as in modern Eng- lish , but is joined with that ; as ' Hem whiche that wepith ...
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