A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... hand , and interlace not business but of necessity . For corruption , do not only bind thine own hands , as thy servants ' hands , from taking , but bind the hands of suitors also from offering . For integrity used doth the one , but ...
... hand , and interlace not business but of necessity . For corruption , do not only bind thine own hands , as thy servants ' hands , from taking , but bind the hands of suitors also from offering . For integrity used doth the one , but ...
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... hand to destroy us , and we are beholden unto every one we meet he doth not kill us . There is , therefore , but one comfort left , that though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life , it is not in the strongest to ...
... hand to destroy us , and we are beholden unto every one we meet he doth not kill us . There is , therefore , but one comfort left , that though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life , it is not in the strongest to ...
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... hand be no luckier than mine . There is some help for all the defects of fortune ; for if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes , he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter . Epi- curus writes a letter to Idomeneus ...
... hand be no luckier than mine . There is some help for all the defects of fortune ; for if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes , he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter . Epi- curus writes a letter to Idomeneus ...
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... hand- some pulpit - cloth , and railed in the com- munion - table at his own expense . He has often told me , that at his coming to his estate , he found his parishioners very irregular and that in order to make them kneel , and join in ...
... hand- some pulpit - cloth , and railed in the com- munion - table at his own expense . He has often told me , that at his coming to his estate , he found his parishioners very irregular and that in order to make them kneel , and join in ...
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... hand about my face , and aiming at some other part of it . I saw two other gentlemen by me . who were in the same ridiculous circum- stances . These had made a foolish swap between a couple of thick bandy legs and two long trapsticks ...
... hand about my face , and aiming at some other part of it . I saw two other gentlemen by me . who were in the same ridiculous circum- stances . These had made a foolish swap between a couple of thick bandy legs and two long trapsticks ...
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