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... appears to be that expressed by the late Edward A. Freeman , whose opinion on this point is valuable because he was an Englishman of Englishmen . After discussing several cases in which usage differs in the two countries , Mr. Freeman ...
... appears to be that expressed by the late Edward A. Freeman , whose opinion on this point is valuable because he was an Englishman of Englishmen . After discussing several cases in which usage differs in the two countries , Mr. Freeman ...
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... appears particularly in the passive voice , in which every one must see the difference . His present was accepted of by his friend ' · ' His excuse was admitted of by his master ' - ' The magistrates were addressed to by the townsmen ...
... appears particularly in the passive voice , in which every one must see the difference . His present was accepted of by his friend ' · ' His excuse was admitted of by his master ' - ' The magistrates were addressed to by the townsmen ...
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... appear harsh and uncouth only because they are out of fashion . " 1 Strange that so shrewd a man as Swift should not have drawn the natural inference from his last expression , should not have perceived that words , like things , are as ...
... appear harsh and uncouth only because they are out of fashion . " 1 Strange that so shrewd a man as Swift should not have drawn the natural inference from his last expression , should not have perceived that words , like things , are as ...
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... appears in writings that find many readers . " We need only glance into one of the periodical representatives of fashionable literature , or into a novel of the day , to see how serious this assault upon the purity of the English ...
... appears in writings that find many readers . " We need only glance into one of the periodical representatives of fashionable literature , or into a novel of the day , to see how serious this assault upon the purity of the English ...
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... appears in a magazine which specially professes to represent the best society , ' it may be taken as a good specimen of the style . It describes a dancing party , and we discover for the first time how much learning is necessary to ...
... appears in a magazine which specially professes to represent the best society , ' it may be taken as a good specimen of the style . It describes a dancing party , and we discover for the first time how much learning is necessary to ...
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Page 61 - The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Page 164 - Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 162 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Page 190 - The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your people miserable, but whether it is not your interest to make them happy. It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do, but what humanity, reason and justice tell me I ought to do.
Page 152 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Page 163 - Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 194 - He had been wrested by no common deliverer from the grasp of no common foe. He had been ransomed by the sweat of no vulgar agony, by the blood of no earthly sacrifice.
Page 152 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Page 260 - Ah why,' said Ellen, sighing to herself, ' Why do not words, and kiss, and solemn pledge ; ' And nature that is kind in woman's breast, ' And reason that in man is wise and good, ' And fear of him who is a righteous judge ; ' Why do not these prevail for human life, ' To keep two hearts together, that began ' Their spring-time with one love, and that have need ' Of mutual pity and forgiveness, sweet ' To grant, or be received; while that poor bird...
Page 78 - I thought the writing excellent, and wished if possible to imitate it. With this view I took some of the papers, and making short hints of the sentiments in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried to complete the papers again, by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should come to hand. Then I compared my Spectator...