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... " What's in a name ? the rose By any other name would smell as sweet . " EDINBURGH ; PUBLISHED BY OLIVER & BOYD , TWEEDDALE - COURT , AND G. & W. B. WHITTAKER , LONDON . 1824 . PREFACE . THE only apology which this work perhaps requires.
... " What's in a name ? the rose By any other name would smell as sweet . " EDINBURGH ; PUBLISHED BY OLIVER & BOYD , TWEEDDALE - COURT , AND G. & W. B. WHITTAKER , LONDON . 1824 . PREFACE . THE only apology which this work perhaps requires.
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... perhaps requires is with regard to the title , for otherwise it belongs to a class of publications , of which the value is so ob- vious as to admit of no question . As a compilation , it will be readily seen , that it has been generally ...
... perhaps requires is with regard to the title , for otherwise it belongs to a class of publications , of which the value is so ob- vious as to admit of no question . As a compilation , it will be readily seen , that it has been generally ...
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... - tensions , it will perhaps be found more valuable than some other publications , to which the public has been so indulgent as to receive with favour . FEBRUARY 20 , 1824 . CONTENTS . Page CHAP . I. - Eloquence , ..... PREFACE . vii.
... - tensions , it will perhaps be found more valuable than some other publications , to which the public has been so indulgent as to receive with favour . FEBRUARY 20 , 1824 . CONTENTS . Page CHAP . I. - Eloquence , ..... PREFACE . vii.
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... to resent injury . If If you succeed , you save those who cannot so much as give you thanks . " " But , " said Egeria , " perhaps you will say that this kind of eloquence belongs almost exclusively to the style ELOQUENCE . 13.
... to resent injury . If If you succeed , you save those who cannot so much as give you thanks . " " But , " said Egeria , " perhaps you will say that this kind of eloquence belongs almost exclusively to the style ELOQUENCE . 13.
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... Perhaps the boldest might have thought that it would not be impossible for them to break through the battalion which surrounded them : perhaps they hoped that , in dispersing themselves over the plains which they were crossing , a ...
... Perhaps the boldest might have thought that it would not be impossible for them to break through the battalion which surrounded them : perhaps they hoped that , in dispersing themselves over the plains which they were crossing , a ...
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