Readings in English and American LiteratureF. S. Crofts & Company, 1945 - 687 pages |
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Page 221
... present laws and manners . In their primitive state of simplicity and independence the Germans were surveyed by the discerning 10 that Europe was much colder formerly than eye , and delineated by the masterly pencil of Tacitus , the ...
... present laws and manners . In their primitive state of simplicity and independence the Germans were surveyed by the discerning 10 that Europe was much colder formerly than eye , and delineated by the masterly pencil of Tacitus , the ...
Page 276
... present prosperity , with their important faces , as it were , insulting thee , their poor neighbour out of business - to the idle house ! there is a charm in thy quiet - a cessa- tion , a coolness from business , an indolence almost ...
... present prosperity , with their important faces , as it were , insulting thee , their poor neighbour out of business - to the idle house ! there is a charm in thy quiet - a cessa- tion , a coolness from business , an indolence almost ...
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... present century was growing blind To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks , Until his late Life by Archdeacon Coxe . XCI Milton's the prince of poets - so we say ; A little heavy , but no less divine : An independent being in ...
... present century was growing blind To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks , Until his late Life by Archdeacon Coxe . XCI Milton's the prince of poets - so we say ; A little heavy , but no less divine : An independent being in ...
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