Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1Scott, Foresman, 1910 - English literature |
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... hear him piously thank God for the money won at gaming - these are things , it should seem , to arouse the most torpid imagination . If , from excursions of this nature , the student learns that good literature and interesting reading ...
... hear him piously thank God for the money won at gaming - these are things , it should seem , to arouse the most torpid imagination . If , from excursions of this nature , the student learns that good literature and interesting reading ...
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... hear of ; and therewithin to deal out freely 71 to young and to old , whatever God gave him , save the freeman's share and the lives of men . Then heard I that widely the work was pro- claimed to many a tribe thro ' this mid - earth the ...
... hear of ; and therewithin to deal out freely 71 to young and to old , whatever God gave him , save the freeman's share and the lives of men . Then heard I that widely the work was pro- claimed to many a tribe thro ' this mid - earth the ...
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... hear , that his teach- themselves wrote and learned from his mouth . He first sang of earth's creation , and of the origin of mankind , and all the history of Genesis , which is the first book of Moses , and then of the departure of the ...
... hear , that his teach- themselves wrote and learned from his mouth . He first sang of earth's creation , and of the origin of mankind , and all the history of Genesis , which is the first book of Moses , and then of the departure of the ...
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... hear now the greatness of my and if you insist to have something more ex- affection , which I always bear you , and take this for a short answer to all your questions ; look how much you have , so much is your value , and so much do I ...
... hear now the greatness of my and if you insist to have something more ex- affection , which I always bear you , and take this for a short answer to all your questions ; look how much you have , so much is your value , and so much do I ...
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... hear , when it is necessary , of earthly things . But then , as the bird doth , she must look well to herself , and turn her eyes on every side , lest she be de- ceived , and be caught in some of the devil's snares , or hurt in any way ...
... hear , when it is necessary , of earthly things . But then , as the bird doth , she must look well to herself , and turn her eyes on every side , lest she be de- ceived , and be caught in some of the devil's snares , or hurt in any way ...
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