Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists ...G. P. Putnam's sons, 1883 |
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... pass through Westminster , without thinking of Milton ; or the Borough , without thinking of Chaucer and Shakespeare ; or Gray's Inn , without calling Bacon to mind ; or Bloomsbury Square , without Steele and Akenside than I can prefer ...
... pass through Westminster , without thinking of Milton ; or the Borough , without thinking of Chaucer and Shakespeare ; or Gray's Inn , without calling Bacon to mind ; or Bloomsbury Square , without Steele and Akenside than I can prefer ...
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... pass this bill , what fresh concessions may he not require ? What further degradation is he planning for his country ? Talk of evil and inconvenience , Sir ! look to other countries - study other ag- gregations and societies of men ...
... pass this bill , what fresh concessions may he not require ? What further degradation is he planning for his country ? Talk of evil and inconvenience , Sir ! look to other countries - study other ag- gregations and societies of men ...
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... pass for reason and the will of God , but either that they should allow some novelty or other to pass for these too easily , or else that they should underrate the importance of them alto- gether , and think it enough to follow action ...
... pass for reason and the will of God , but either that they should allow some novelty or other to pass for these too easily , or else that they should underrate the importance of them alto- gether , and think it enough to follow action ...
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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE By W Irving | 3 |
THE WORLD OF BOOKS | 25 |
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES | 43 |
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