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... English majority . must henceforth ' , he wrote , ' be the first and steady purpose of the British Government to establish an English population , with English laws and language , in this Province , and to trust its government to none ...
... English majority . must henceforth ' , he wrote , ' be the first and steady purpose of the British Government to establish an English population , with English laws and language , in this Province , and to trust its government to none ...
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... English poems or to the later date of the Scottish . The principles of alliterative verse partly compelled , but also encouraged , the poet to make full use of the vocabulary which he had at his command , in order to provide every line ...
... English poems or to the later date of the Scottish . The principles of alliterative verse partly compelled , but also encouraged , the poet to make full use of the vocabulary which he had at his command , in order to provide every line ...
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... English , though in one of the types they hold the higher place . Dunbar's " Tretis ' of 530 lines of the ordinary unrhymed type exceeds in length only two or three of the shortest English pieces , and is a mere trifle in comparison ...
... English , though in one of the types they hold the higher place . Dunbar's " Tretis ' of 530 lines of the ordinary unrhymed type exceeds in length only two or three of the shortest English pieces , and is a mere trifle in comparison ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By J H Clapham | 13 |
17 | 80 |
BLAISE PASCAL Lecture on a Master Mind By H F Stewart | 197 |
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