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... Come buy of me , come ; come buy , come buy ; Buy , lads , or else your lassies cry . Come buy , sounded along the highway . Like Autolycus , too , they did not limit themselves to fair sales , but would pick your pockets with one hand ...
... Come buy of me , come ; come buy , come buy ; Buy , lads , or else your lassies cry . Come buy , sounded along the highway . Like Autolycus , too , they did not limit themselves to fair sales , but would pick your pockets with one hand ...
Page 308
... comes to town to visit him . It is characteristic of Addison's happy combination of the journalist and the man of ... come on a special mis- sion to England , and all London had thronged to see him . Sir Roger , then , sees Prince Eugene ...
... comes to town to visit him . It is characteristic of Addison's happy combination of the journalist and the man of ... come on a special mis- sion to England , and all London had thronged to see him . Sir Roger , then , sees Prince Eugene ...
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... come when a ship is becalmed on a tropic sea , or schemings for wealth and power in some lawless South American republic - whatever it may be , there comes , out of what seems for a time to be mere chaotic confusion , an extraordinarily ...
... come when a ship is becalmed on a tropic sea , or schemings for wealth and power in some lawless South American republic - whatever it may be , there comes , out of what seems for a time to be mere chaotic confusion , an extraordinarily ...
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THE BEGINNINGS OF LITERATURE IN ENGLAND | 3 |
CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES | 27 |
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