Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860 |
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... if ye thinke it good that we kepe the ground stil in our handes . And whether ye think it good that we so shall do or not , yet I think it were not best sodenlye thus to leave it all up , and to put away our folk of our farme till ...
... if ye thinke it good that we kepe the ground stil in our handes . And whether ye think it good that we so shall do or not , yet I think it were not best sodenlye thus to leave it all up , and to put away our folk of our farme till ...
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In like manner the use and benefit of good laws ; all that live under them may enjoy with delight and comfort , albeit the grounds and first original causes from whence they have sprung be unknown , as to the greatest part of men they ...
In like manner the use and benefit of good laws ; all that live under them may enjoy with delight and comfort , albeit the grounds and first original causes from whence they have sprung be unknown , as to the greatest part of men they ...
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As first at Thermopyla , a narrow passage of half an acre of ground , lying between the mountains which divide Thessaly from Greece , where sometime the Phocians had raised a wall with gates , which was then for the most part ruined .
As first at Thermopyla , a narrow passage of half an acre of ground , lying between the mountains which divide Thessaly from Greece , where sometime the Phocians had raised a wall with gates , which was then for the most part ruined .
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... with- out considering whether those little sums were rightly cast up or not ; and at last , finding the error visible , and not mistrusting their first grounds , know not which way to clear themselves , but spend time in fluttering ...
... with- out considering whether those little sums were rightly cast up or not ; and at last , finding the error visible , and not mistrusting their first grounds , know not which way to clear themselves , but spend time in fluttering ...
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Now there was , not far from the place where they lay , a castle , called Doubting Castle , the owner whereof was Giant Despair , and it was in his grounds they now were sleeping ; wherefore he , getting up in the morning early ...
Now there was , not far from the place where they lay , a castle , called Doubting Castle , the owner whereof was Giant Despair , and it was in his grounds they now were sleeping ; wherefore he , getting up in the morning early ...
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Page 33 - Dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature. God's image ; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself ; killfe the image of God, as it were in the eye.
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| Title | Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860 |
| Author | Chambers W. and R., ltd |
| Published | 1865 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Jul 2006 |
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