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... original boards uncut , " in a " pull - off case , ” or in a richly decked morocco coat , the early productions of Goldsmith or Fielding , Gray or Johnson . Had they done so , early copies in good condition would not be so rare as they ...
... original boards uncut , " in a " pull - off case , ” or in a richly decked morocco coat , the early productions of Goldsmith or Fielding , Gray or Johnson . Had they done so , early copies in good condition would not be so rare as they ...
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... original long vowel is apt to be shortened by accentual stress " ; Rule 2 asserts that , " in dissyllabic compounds compare , for example , goose ( A.-S. gós ) and gosling . accented on the former syllable , the vowel in the RAPIER . By ...
... original long vowel is apt to be shortened by accentual stress " ; Rule 2 asserts that , " in dissyllabic compounds compare , for example , goose ( A.-S. gós ) and gosling . accented on the former syllable , the vowel in the RAPIER . By ...
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... original Teutonic guttural spirant , MR . ADDY produces an instance dating from 1637 , and he does not even then prove that the gh is not original . This sound was , as I There is in Cod . Dipl . ' ( iv . 58 ) a grant to St. Edmondsbury ...
... original Teutonic guttural spirant , MR . ADDY produces an instance dating from 1637 , and he does not even then prove that the gh is not original . This sound was , as I There is in Cod . Dipl . ' ( iv . 58 ) a grant to St. Edmondsbury ...
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... original , in his tall , upright handwriting , may be found in Harl . MS . 424 , fol . 9. It has , however , no controversial tendency , but is a diatribe against avarice and selfishness . HERMENTRUDE . ELA FAMILY ( 7th S. iv . 149 ...
... original , in his tall , upright handwriting , may be found in Harl . MS . 424 , fol . 9. It has , however , no controversial tendency , but is a diatribe against avarice and selfishness . HERMENTRUDE . ELA FAMILY ( 7th S. iv . 149 ...
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... original by Sir John Watson Gordon , P.R.S.A. " This is by far the best , and represents a very beautiful woman with dark hair , having in it pearls , but otherwise very simply attired . On a table on her left hand is an imperial crown ...
... original by Sir John Watson Gordon , P.R.S.A. " This is by far the best , and represents a very beautiful woman with dark hair , having in it pearls , but otherwise very simply attired . On a table on her left hand is an imperial crown ...
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Page 181 - ... die, and go we know not where; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling...
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Page 226 - ... began to toll, and Thomas Newcome's hands outside the bed feebly beat time. And just as the last bell struck, a peculiar sweet smile shone over his face, and he lifted up his head a little, and quickly said, " Adsum! " and fell back. It was the word we used at school, when names were called; and lo, he, whose heart was as that of a little child, had answered to his name, and stood in the presence of The Master.
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Page 182 - The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Such tricks hath strong imagination...