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... question of inflated language apart , Cassio made use of a quite legitimate meta- phor when ( as I read and explain the text ) ideal excellence . Thus St. Paul writes to the he spoke of Desdemona attiring her soul in Colossians ( iii ...
... question of inflated language apart , Cassio made use of a quite legitimate meta- phor when ( as I read and explain the text ) ideal excellence . Thus St. Paul writes to the he spoke of Desdemona attiring her soul in Colossians ( iii ...
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... question ) , but from the instrument . I could not help thinking of the story current when I was learning French of the patient who was said to have swallowed his " médecin " instead of his " medecine . " W. T. LYNN . Blackheath ...
... question ) , but from the instrument . I could not help thinking of the story current when I was learning French of the patient who was said to have swallowed his " médecin " instead of his " medecine . " W. T. LYNN . Blackheath ...
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... question , an American who presumably knew something of his own tongue . ] MALT AND HOP SUBSTITUTES ( 9th S. vii . 150 , 215 , 296 , 454 ) .— I remember in my youth coming across a distich which at one time would appear to have been a ...
... question , an American who presumably knew something of his own tongue . ] MALT AND HOP SUBSTITUTES ( 9th S. vii . 150 , 215 , 296 , 454 ) .— I remember in my youth coming across a distich which at one time would appear to have been a ...
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... question . The woman who goes with a trowel and a basket to spots of natural beauty in order to uproot rare ferns and flowers is almost as much of a pirate as the ordinary naturalist who , in order to classify or possess specimens of ...
... question . The woman who goes with a trowel and a basket to spots of natural beauty in order to uproot rare ferns and flowers is almost as much of a pirate as the ordinary naturalist who , in order to classify or possess specimens of ...
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... question . ihr das ? = " have you that ? " ( as he himself Habtithredas ( sic ) , probably meaning habt renders it . ) This recalls vasistas in French , a common word for window , made up of three German words = " What is it ? " E. S. ...
... question . ihr das ? = " have you that ? " ( as he himself Habtithredas ( sic ) , probably meaning habt renders it . ) This recalls vasistas in French , a common word for window , made up of three German words = " What is it ? " E. S. ...
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Page 257 - ... against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of our Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
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Page 206 - We do it wrong, being so majestical, To offer it the show of violence ; For it is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery.
Page 440 - Gentle breath of yours my sails Must fill, or else my project fails, Which was to please: Now I want Spirits to enforce, art to enchant ; And my ending is despair, Unless I be reliev'd by prayer ; Which pierces so, that it assaults Mercy itself, and frees all faults. As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free.