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... thing , accord- ingly , doubtful in principle , or questionable in ten- dency , has been carefully excluded ; and , although it is in appearance a production of very humble pre- tensions , it will perhaps be found more valuable than ...
... thing , accord- ingly , doubtful in principle , or questionable in ten- dency , has been carefully excluded ; and , although it is in appearance a production of very humble pre- tensions , it will perhaps be found more valuable than ...
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... thing . I am however in- clined to think , that as it enters so much more large- ly into the management of public affairs in Eng- land than in any other country , either ancient or mo- dern , it ought to flourish here in greater ...
... thing . I am however in- clined to think , that as it enters so much more large- ly into the management of public affairs in Eng- land than in any other country , either ancient or mo- dern , it ought to flourish here in greater ...
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... thing be finer , or , if you like the term better , more impassioned , than that masterly reply of the Earl of Kildare to Cardinal Wolsey , as it has been preserved by Cam- pion , the historian of Ireland ? -It appeared that the Earl of ...
... thing be finer , or , if you like the term better , more impassioned , than that masterly reply of the Earl of Kildare to Cardinal Wolsey , as it has been preserved by Cam- pion , the historian of Ireland ? -It appeared that the Earl of ...
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... things extant . My ser- vants and friends are ready to be sifted . Of my cousin Desmond they may lie loudly ; for no ... thing but truth ; and that their tongues are chained , as it were , to some patron's trencher . I am grieved , my ...
... things extant . My ser- vants and friends are ready to be sifted . Of my cousin Desmond they may lie loudly ; for no ... thing but truth ; and that their tongues are chained , as it were , to some patron's trencher . I am grieved , my ...
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... thing better than the ouran - out- ang or the tiger . " There is nothing in the boys we send to India worse than in the boys whom we are whipping at school , or that we see trailing a pike , or bending over a desk at home . But as ...
... thing better than the ouran - out- ang or the tiger . " There is nothing in the boys we send to India worse than in the boys whom we are whipping at school , or that we see trailing a pike , or bending over a desk at home . But as ...
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