A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... England . ~ wwww SCHOLARSHIP . 3. Those that are dull and diligent . Wines , the stronger they be , the more lees they have when they are new . Many boys are muddy - headed till they be clari- fied with age , and such afterwards prove ...
... England . ~ wwww SCHOLARSHIP . 3. Those that are dull and diligent . Wines , the stronger they be , the more lees they have when they are new . Many boys are muddy - headed till they be clari- fied with age , and such afterwards prove ...
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... England , he engages to tell the whole truth of the history , or at least all that he knows of it . - Ibid . [ SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. 1709-1784 . ] CLASSIC GROUND . WE were now treading that illustrious island which was once the ...
... England , he engages to tell the whole truth of the history , or at least all that he knows of it . - Ibid . [ SAMUEL JOHNSON , LL.D. 1709-1784 . ] CLASSIC GROUND . WE were now treading that illustrious island which was once the ...
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... England lies far scattered , distant , unable to speak , and say , here ; " -must be spoken to before it can speak . Pious munificence , and all help , is so silent , invisible , like the gods ; im- pediment , contradictions manifold ...
... England lies far scattered , distant , unable to speak , and say , here ; " -must be spoken to before it can speak . Pious munificence , and all help , is so silent , invisible , like the gods ; im- pediment , contradictions manifold ...
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... England by the name of lampoon , is a Rymer's work out of his hands : he has dangerous sort of weapon , and for the promised the world a critique on that most part unlawful . We have no moral author , wherein , though he will not allow ...
... England by the name of lampoon , is a Rymer's work out of his hands : he has dangerous sort of weapon , and for the promised the world a critique on that most part unlawful . We have no moral author , wherein , though he will not allow ...
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... England , has any more solid argument among many in its favour , than that it lays the foundation of intellectual pleasures at the other extreme of life . His pulling own vices , that it does not seem quite succeed OF ENGLISH PROSE . 109.
... England , has any more solid argument among many in its favour , than that it lays the foundation of intellectual pleasures at the other extreme of life . His pulling own vices , that it does not seem quite succeed OF ENGLISH PROSE . 109.
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