A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... leave other men their turns to speak : nay , if there be any that would reign and take up all the time , let him find means to take them off , and to bring others on , as musicians use to do with those that dance too long gal- liards ...
... leave other men their turns to speak : nay , if there be any that would reign and take up all the time , let him find means to take them off , and to bring others on , as musicians use to do with those that dance too long gal- liards ...
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... leave them at thy death , they will thank death for it and not thee . And I am per- suaded that the foolish cockering of some parents , and the over - stern carriage of others , causeth more men and women to take ill courses than their ...
... leave them at thy death , they will thank death for it and not thee . And I am per- suaded that the foolish cockering of some parents , and the over - stern carriage of others , causeth more men and women to take ill courses than their ...
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... leave my library , and turn over those pleasant books no more ; I must no more come among the living , nor see the faces of my faithful friends , nor be seen of man ; houses , and cities , and fields , and coun- tries , gardens and ...
... leave my library , and turn over those pleasant books no more ; I must no more come among the living , nor see the faces of my faithful friends , nor be seen of man ; houses , and cities , and fields , and coun- tries , gardens and ...
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... leave a room for us ; and should we grieve to do the same to those who should come after us ? Who , being suffered ... leaving it , but soberly learn to will that which he wills , whose very will giveth being to all that it wills ; and ...
... leave a room for us ; and should we grieve to do the same to those who should come after us ? Who , being suffered ... leaving it , but soberly learn to will that which he wills , whose very will giveth being to all that it wills ; and ...
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... leave but short smart upon us . Sense endureth no extremities , and sorrows destroy us or themselves . Afflic- To weep into stones are fables . tions induce callosities ; miseries are slippery , or fall like snow upon us , which ...
... leave but short smart upon us . Sense endureth no extremities , and sorrows destroy us or themselves . Afflic- To weep into stones are fables . tions induce callosities ; miseries are slippery , or fall like snow upon us , which ...
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