The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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Page 174
... never did it . " As near as I could discover , he had probably gone to bed in a barn when drunk , and smoked his pipe there ; and so a barn was burnt . He had the reputation of being a clever man , had been there some three months ...
... never did it . " As near as I could discover , he had probably gone to bed in a barn when drunk , and smoked his pipe there ; and so a barn was burnt . He had the reputation of being a clever man , had been there some three months ...
Page 177
... never for a long time ap- pearing to be to him , unwise rulers or reformers cannot fatally interrupt him . I know that most men think differently from myself ; but those whose lives are by profession devoted to the study of these or ...
... never for a long time ap- pearing to be to him , unwise rulers or reformers cannot fatally interrupt him . I know that most men think differently from myself ; but those whose lives are by profession devoted to the study of these or ...
Page 178
... never propose to make an effort ; I have never countenanced an effort , and never mean to countenance an effort , to disturb the arrangement as originally made , by which the various States came into the Union . " Still thinking of the ...
... never propose to make an effort ; I have never countenanced an effort , and never mean to countenance an effort , to disturb the arrangement as originally made , by which the various States came into the Union . " Still thinking of the ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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