The London Magazine, Volume 8Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1827 |
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... received system first taught ( by rote , which Mr. Hamilton so much dreads ) the articles , the plurals of the nouns , then the verbs , step by step , while they acquire that stock of words which serves to give interest to the study of ...
... received system first taught ( by rote , which Mr. Hamilton so much dreads ) the articles , the plurals of the nouns , then the verbs , step by step , while they acquire that stock of words which serves to give interest to the study of ...
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... received grammatical instruction . The latter may not know more " the facts of language " may not be more familiar to them ; but they have acquired greater powers of learning ; they have better trained and exercised minds . - This is ...
... received grammatical instruction . The latter may not know more " the facts of language " may not be more familiar to them ; but they have acquired greater powers of learning ; they have better trained and exercised minds . - This is ...
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... received me and my money with great satisfaction and civility - showed me a long spacious room where we were to dine , and was profuse in his assurances of the delightful evening I should pass among the many theatrical gentlemen who ...
... received me and my money with great satisfaction and civility - showed me a long spacious room where we were to dine , and was profuse in his assurances of the delightful evening I should pass among the many theatrical gentlemen who ...
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... received with " unbounded applause , " as the playbills call it , throughout ; but when the speaker came to mention this Mr. Gibbon , I thought the din would never cease . The table was thumped , the glasses danced , the wine was ...
... received with " unbounded applause , " as the playbills call it , throughout ; but when the speaker came to mention this Mr. Gibbon , I thought the din would never cease . The table was thumped , the glasses danced , the wine was ...
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... received open confirmation . The know- certainly highly disgraceful to ledge of these doings on the part of Mr. Murray . - ED . way ; but Milman's publisher , naturally gave a suspi- cion that the charge of plagiarism might be founded ...
... received open confirmation . The know- certainly highly disgraceful to ledge of these doings on the part of Mr. Murray . - ED . way ; but Milman's publisher , naturally gave a suspi- cion that the charge of plagiarism might be founded ...
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