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... never lay down my arms - never` , never` , never : 3. Does any one suppose that the payment of twenty shillings , would have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No. But the pay- ment of half` twenty shillings , on the principle` it was ...
... never lay down my arms - never` , never` , never : 3. Does any one suppose that the payment of twenty shillings , would have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune ? No. But the pay- ment of half` twenty shillings , on the principle` it was ...
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... never suffers the spirit that rests on him to fail . EXCEPTION 1. - Emphasis may reverse this rule . EXAMPLE . We repeat it , we do not desire to produce discord ; we do not wish to kindle the flames of a civil war . EXCEPTION 2 ...
... never suffers the spirit that rests on him to fail . EXCEPTION 1. - Emphasis may reverse this rule . EXAMPLE . We repeat it , we do not desire to produce discord ; we do not wish to kindle the flames of a civil war . EXCEPTION 2 ...
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... never invented a decent humbug . 8. Six moons are his , by Herschel shown ; Herschel , of modern times the boast . 9. I can not say , sir , which of these motives influence the advo- cates of the bill before us ; a bill ' , in which ...
... never invented a decent humbug . 8. Six moons are his , by Herschel shown ; Herschel , of modern times the boast . 9. I can not say , sir , which of these motives influence the advo- cates of the bill before us ; a bill ' , in which ...
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... never is , but always to bê , blest . 3. They follow an adventurer whom they fear ; we serve a mon- arch whom we love . They boast , they come but to improve our state , enlarge our thoughts , and free us from the yoke of error . Yes ...
... never is , but always to bê , blest . 3. They follow an adventurer whom they fear ; we serve a mon- arch whom we love . They boast , they come but to improve our state , enlarge our thoughts , and free us from the yoke of error . Yes ...
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... never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight . 5. Of all the causes which combine to blind Man's erring judgment , and mislead the mind , What the weak head with strongest bias rules , Is pride , the never - failing vice ...
... never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight . 5. Of all the causes which combine to blind Man's erring judgment , and mislead the mind , What the weak head with strongest bias rules , Is pride , the never - failing vice ...
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