College Requirements in English: For Careful Study, for the Years 1909-1915 ...Houghton Mifflin Company, 1896 |
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... interest might , however . Hence the author places their Industries as an argument of additional strength . This in turn is followed by the Temper and Chan acter of the people : they are not men of xxviii RHETORICAL PRINCIPLES ILLUSTRATED .
... interest might , however . Hence the author places their Industries as an argument of additional strength . This in turn is followed by the Temper and Chan acter of the people : they are not men of xxviii RHETORICAL PRINCIPLES ILLUSTRATED .
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... turn back the current of hereditary dignity to its fountain , and raise him to a higher rank1 of peerage , whilst he ... turning from such thoughts I resume this comparative view once more . You have seen it on a large scale ; look at it ...
... turn back the current of hereditary dignity to its fountain , and raise him to a higher rank1 of peerage , whilst he ... turning from such thoughts I resume this comparative view once more . You have seen it on a large scale ; look at it ...
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... Turn your eyes to those popular grants from whence all your great supplies are come , and learn to respect that only source of public wealth in the British Empire . This country was said It was said more truly 80. My next example is ...
... Turn your eyes to those popular grants from whence all your great supplies are come , and learn to respect that only source of public wealth in the British Empire . This country was said It was said more truly 80. My next example is ...
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... turns to him that holds the balance of the State . The parties are the gamesters ; but Government keeps the table , and is sure to be the winner in the end . When this game is played , I really think it is more to be feared that the ...
... turns to him that holds the balance of the State . The parties are the gamesters ; but Government keeps the table , and is sure to be the winner in the end . When this game is played , I really think it is more to be feared that the ...
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... turn their faces towards you . The more they multiply , the more friends you will have ; the more ardently they love liberty , the more perfect will be their obedience . Slavery they can have anywhere it is a weed that grows in every ...
... turn their faces towards you . The more they multiply , the more friends you will have ; the more ardently they love liberty , the more perfect will be their obedience . Slavery they can have anywhere it is a weed that grows in every ...
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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 26 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
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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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