A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... face or comeliness , say if he asked none at all ) , but he runneth or do himself ? A man can scarce allege two dangers ; one , that he shall not be his own merits with modesty , much less faithfully counselled - for it is a rare thing ...
... face or comeliness , say if he asked none at all ) , but he runneth or do himself ? A man can scarce allege two dangers ; one , that he shall not be his own merits with modesty , much less faithfully counselled - for it is a rare thing ...
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... face will not wrinkle , nor my hair be gray : for this corruptible shall have put on incor- ruption and this mortal ... faces of my faithful friends , nor be seen of man ; houses , and cities , and fields , and coun- tries , gardens and ...
... face will not wrinkle , nor my hair be gray : for this corruptible shall have put on incor- ruption and this mortal ... faces of my faithful friends , nor be seen of man ; houses , and cities , and fields , and coun- tries , gardens and ...
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... face to face , " even creatures intuitively , as in themselves , naked and open to our sight : " now I know in part , " not rem , sed , aliquid rei , ( not the reality itself , but something of the reality , ) in which sense Sanchez ...
... face to face , " even creatures intuitively , as in themselves , naked and open to our sight : " now I know in part , " not rem , sed , aliquid rei , ( not the reality itself , but something of the reality , ) in which sense Sanchez ...
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... face half eaten , and his midriff and back - bone full of serpents ; and so he stands pictured among his armed ances- tors . So does the fairest beauty change ; and it will be as bad with you and me ; and then what servants shall we ...
... face half eaten , and his midriff and back - bone full of serpents ; and so he stands pictured among his armed ances- tors . So does the fairest beauty change ; and it will be as bad with you and me ; and then what servants shall we ...
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... mend his manners , to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation . Feuds of this nature , though too fre- quent in the country , are very fatal to the ordinary people ; who are so used to be dazzled 44 A THOUSAND AND ONE GEMS.
... mend his manners , to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation . Feuds of this nature , though too fre- quent in the country , are very fatal to the ordinary people ; who are so used to be dazzled 44 A THOUSAND AND ONE GEMS.
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