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... speaking of Thomas Farnabie , says— “ When he landed in Cornwall , his distresses made him stoop so low , as to be an A.b.c.darian , and several were taught their hornbooks by him . " By assum- ing his title , its wearer certainly ...
... speaking of Thomas Farnabie , says— “ When he landed in Cornwall , his distresses made him stoop so low , as to be an A.b.c.darian , and several were taught their hornbooks by him . " By assum- ing his title , its wearer certainly ...
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... speak of him as - Vir excellentissimus , strangu- landi peritus . In a Shrewsbury Address to James I. , his loyal subjects ` expressed a wish that he might reign over them as long as sun , moon , and stars should endure .- " I suppose ...
... speak of him as - Vir excellentissimus , strangu- landi peritus . In a Shrewsbury Address to James I. , his loyal subjects ` expressed a wish that he might reign over them as long as sun , moon , and stars should endure .- " I suppose ...
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... people in a large theatre , so called because they cannot hear . The actors speak to them with their hands and feet , and the spectators listen to them with their eyes . AUTHOR - original - One who , copying only from THE TIN TRUMPET . 27.
... people in a large theatre , so called because they cannot hear . The actors speak to them with their hands and feet , and the spectators listen to them with their eyes . AUTHOR - original - One who , copying only from THE TIN TRUMPET . 27.
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... speak of it and of its professors as superior to all others , the bard arose , and after alluding with mock grav- ity to his friend's skill in varnishing painters as well as paint- ings , proposed the health of Mr. Turner , and the ...
... speak of it and of its professors as superior to all others , the bard arose , and after alluding with mock grav- ity to his friend's skill in varnishing painters as well as paint- ings , proposed the health of Mr. Turner , and the ...
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... speak ill of any man without a cause . BATHOS - sinking when you mean to rise . The waxen wings of Icarus , which instead of making him master of the air , plunged him into the water , were a practical bathos . So was the miserable ...
... speak ill of any man without a cause . BATHOS - sinking when you mean to rise . The waxen wings of Icarus , which instead of making him master of the air , plunged him into the water , were a practical bathos . So was the miserable ...
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