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... says Sydney Smith , I should not be surprised if the alphabet could be taught by a series of well - contrived flavors ; and we may even live to see the day when men may be taught to smell out their learning , and when a fine scenting ...
... says Sydney Smith , I should not be surprised if the alphabet could be taught by a series of well - contrived flavors ; and we may even live to see the day when men may be taught to smell out their learning , and when a fine scenting ...
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... say to either of you . " ABRIDGMENT - anything contracted into a small com- pass ; such , for instance , as the abridgment of the statutes in twenty volumes , folio . To make a good abridgment 2 THE TIN TRUMPET . master who wishes to ...
... say to either of you . " ABRIDGMENT - anything contracted into a small com- pass ; such , for instance , as the abridgment of the statutes in twenty volumes , folio . To make a good abridgment 2 THE TIN TRUMPET . master who wishes to ...
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... says , men do less than they ought , unless they do all that they can . " And again , " the kind of speech in a man ... say whom he liked best of all the actors . Notwithstanding his usual bluntness , he evaded the question for some time ...
... says , men do less than they ought , unless they do all that they can . " And again , " the kind of speech in a man ... say whom he liked best of all the actors . Notwithstanding his usual bluntness , he evaded the question for some time ...
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... says Rochefoucauld , but we do not always love those whom we admire . From the latter clause an exception might have been made in favor of self , for self - love is the source of self- admiration ; and this is the safest of all loves ...
... says Rochefoucauld , but we do not always love those whom we admire . From the latter clause an exception might have been made in favor of self , for self - love is the source of self- admiration ; and this is the safest of all loves ...
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... says Gibbon , “ will for- ever live in the memory of mankind ; since America , as well as Europe , has received letters from the one and religion from the other . " One of the earliest French princes being too indolent or too stupid to ...
... says Gibbon , “ will for- ever live in the memory of mankind ; since America , as well as Europe , has received letters from the one and religion from the other . " One of the earliest French princes being too indolent or too stupid to ...
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