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... whole capital , but I am sure the writer was unfair to A. K. H. B. Tupper is dull , but the Recreations are among the pleasantest and most charming papers that have seen the light this century ; and I shouldn't hesi- tate to prophesy ...
... whole capital , but I am sure the writer was unfair to A. K. H. B. Tupper is dull , but the Recreations are among the pleasantest and most charming papers that have seen the light this century ; and I shouldn't hesi- tate to prophesy ...
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... whole of Pelican's dogmatic faith might be expressed in the words he was never tired of quoting : " The Son of God was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil . " " This , " he used to say , " is what most people profess ...
... whole of Pelican's dogmatic faith might be expressed in the words he was never tired of quoting : " The Son of God was manifested that He might destroy the works of the devil . " " This , " he used to say , " is what most people profess ...
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... in a conventional world , -the world in which so many people live their whole lives , -a world whose inhabitants do not come into contact with the true substance of things around them , but to whom these things appear Literary Archery . 43.
... in a conventional world , -the world in which so many people live their whole lives , -a world whose inhabitants do not come into contact with the true substance of things around them , but to whom these things appear Literary Archery . 43.
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... whole merit of the work depended upon it . The art which helped to show a thing clearly and truly he valued as highly as any one ; as his own words , I think , sufficiently show . The Mill on the Floss is pervaded throughout by the ...
... whole merit of the work depended upon it . The art which helped to show a thing clearly and truly he valued as highly as any one ; as his own words , I think , sufficiently show . The Mill on the Floss is pervaded throughout by the ...
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... whole self into any work which he produces ; because , if he bring his entire activity to bear upon the matter in hand , the very act of thus bringing it to bear increases the possibilities of activity , so that , in the supreme moment ...
... whole self into any work which he produces ; because , if he bring his entire activity to bear upon the matter in hand , the very act of thus bringing it to bear increases the possibilities of activity , so that , in the supreme moment ...
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Página 43 - To look down to Camelot. She knows not what the curse may be, And so she weaveth steadily, And little other care hath she, The Lady of Shalott. And moving thro' a mirror clear That hangs before her all the year, Shadows of the world appear.
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