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... minds . " And if you will observe narrowly , " said my companion , " you will see indi- cations of the line of the walls . " And truly an irregular line , inclosing a somewhat pear - shaped area , could be traced , its long diameter ...
... minds . " And if you will observe narrowly , " said my companion , " you will see indi- cations of the line of the walls . " And truly an irregular line , inclosing a somewhat pear - shaped area , could be traced , its long diameter ...
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... minds of most middle - aged persons of the community would not have been without its influence , and that in these days citizens and the Legislature would be as ready to receive the rails into their midst as they were of old to banish ...
... minds of most middle - aged persons of the community would not have been without its influence , and that in these days citizens and the Legislature would be as ready to receive the rails into their midst as they were of old to banish ...
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... mind with items of Roman history , or rack his memory with that promiscuous number of questions and answers Miss Mangnall has left behind her to the misery of schoolboys ? The first duty of a tradesman is to puff his goods , and the boy ...
... mind with items of Roman history , or rack his memory with that promiscuous number of questions and answers Miss Mangnall has left behind her to the misery of schoolboys ? The first duty of a tradesman is to puff his goods , and the boy ...
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... mind . In this line of art the mere dull iteration of an advertiser gives place to fancy , curiosity , wonder , sometimes a sense of incongruity as to time and place , which irresistibly impresses the mind . Miss Mar- tineau , when in ...
... mind . In this line of art the mere dull iteration of an advertiser gives place to fancy , curiosity , wonder , sometimes a sense of incongruity as to time and place , which irresistibly impresses the mind . Miss Mar- tineau , when in ...
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... mind is undergoing any suspense , it is singularly alive to the little trifles that come within its congnizance . Dickens has illustrated this fact in the Trial - scene of Fagin , who , whilst his fate is pending in the jury - box ...
... mind is undergoing any suspense , it is singularly alive to the little trifles that come within its congnizance . Dickens has illustrated this fact in the Trial - scene of Fagin , who , whilst his fate is pending in the jury - box ...
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