College Requirements in English: For Careful Study, for the Years 1909-1915 ...Houghton Mifflin Company, 1896 |
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... head and front of opposition to the king's policy ; so that in spite of his acknowledged ability he was never in the ministry , nor indeed in any other considerable office . When , in 1778 , it was proposed in Parliament to relax some ...
... head and front of opposition to the king's policy ; so that in spite of his acknowledged ability he was never in the ministry , nor indeed in any other considerable office . When , in 1778 , it was proposed in Parliament to relax some ...
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... heads of ( A ) Whether Parliament ought to concede , and ( B ) What Parliament's concession ought to be . Study Note VI . of Rhetorical Principles , page xx . Remembering , then , that the one purpose for which the author is contending ...
... heads of ( A ) Whether Parliament ought to concede , and ( B ) What Parliament's concession ought to be . Study Note VI . of Rhetorical Principles , page xx . Remembering , then , that the one purpose for which the author is contending ...
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... head . You see the magnitude , the importance , the temper , the habits , the disorders . By all these considerations we are strongly urged to determine something concerning it . We are called upon to fix some rule and line for our ...
... head . You see the magnitude , the importance , the temper , the habits , the disorders . By all these considerations we are strongly urged to determine something concerning it . We are called upon to fix some rule and line for our ...
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... head , whether this head be a monarch or a presiding republic . It does , in such con- stitutions , frequently happen- and nothing but the dismal , cold , dead uniformity of servitude can prevent its happen- ing that the subordinate ...
... head , whether this head be a monarch or a presiding republic . It does , in such con- stitutions , frequently happen- and nothing but the dismal , cold , dead uniformity of servitude can prevent its happen- ing that the subordinate ...
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... heads on both sides , and there is no sure footing in the middle . This point is the great " Serbonian bog , 1 Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old , Where armies whole have sunk . " I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog ...
... heads on both sides , and there is no sure footing in the middle . This point is the great " Serbonian bog , 1 Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old , Where armies whole have sunk . " I do not intend to be overwhelmed in that bog ...
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Page 33 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But O, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower ? Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek.
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Page 31 - s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
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