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... replied , that he should have made it shorter if he had had more time . How comes it that no enterprising bookseller has ever thought of publish- ing an Abridgment of the Lives of the Fathers ? I know not whether the religious public ...
... replied , that he should have made it shorter if he had had more time . How comes it that no enterprising bookseller has ever thought of publish- ing an Abridgment of the Lives of the Fathers ? I know not whether the religious public ...
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... replied , There I agree with you , for it is quite a luxury ! " 66 BAIT - one animal impaled upon a hook , in order to tor- ture a second , for the amusement of a third . Were the latter to change places , for a single day , with either ...
... replied , There I agree with you , for it is quite a luxury ! " 66 BAIT - one animal impaled upon a hook , in order to tor- ture a second , for the amusement of a third . Were the latter to change places , for a single day , with either ...
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... replied the Doctor . " A man แ will no more carry the artifice of the bar into the common intercourse of society , than a man who is paid for tumbling upon his hands will continue to do so when he should walk on his feet . " Perhaps not ...
... replied the Doctor . " A man แ will no more carry the artifice of the bar into the common intercourse of society , than a man who is paid for tumbling upon his hands will continue to do so when he should walk on his feet . " Perhaps not ...
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... replied T. H. , " in the Reading Stage , I presume . " BLUSHING - a suffusion - least seen in those who have the most occasion for it . BODY - That portion of our system which receives the chief attention of Messrs . Somebody , Anybody ...
... replied T. H. , " in the Reading Stage , I presume . " BLUSHING - a suffusion - least seen in those who have the most occasion for it . BODY - That portion of our system which receives the chief attention of Messrs . Somebody , Anybody ...
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... replied , as wittily as briefly : - " Dear Madam , I am as much in the dark as you are . " BRIEF - the excuse of counsel for an impertinence that is often inexcusable . BRUTES - Philosophers have been much puzzled about the essential ...
... replied , as wittily as briefly : - " Dear Madam , I am as much in the dark as you are . " BRIEF - the excuse of counsel for an impertinence that is often inexcusable . BRUTES - Philosophers have been much puzzled about the essential ...
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