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... true voice , or that measurements of men and memories as seen through burning tears should be recorded as characteristic of his heart or judgment . This sketch of mine is written and pub- lished in loyalty to the memory of those two at ...
... true voice , or that measurements of men and memories as seen through burning tears should be recorded as characteristic of his heart or judgment . This sketch of mine is written and pub- lished in loyalty to the memory of those two at ...
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... True ; " and the conversation proceeded amiably enough . Between the years 1820-24 Carlyle wrote for the " Edinburgh Encyclopædia " sixteen articles - name- ly , Mary Wortley Montagu , Montaigne , Montesquieu , Montfaucon , Dr. Moore ...
... True ; " and the conversation proceeded amiably enough . Between the years 1820-24 Carlyle wrote for the " Edinburgh Encyclopædia " sixteen articles - name- ly , Mary Wortley Montagu , Montaigne , Montesquieu , Montfaucon , Dr. Moore ...
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... true . The notes had been written partly in his own hand , partly by an amanu- ensis . Those written by the amanuensis had been but little followed in the address , and those added by himself were nearly undecipherable . Already that ...
... true . The notes had been written partly in his own hand , partly by an amanu- ensis . Those written by the amanuensis had been but little followed in the address , and those added by himself were nearly undecipherable . Already that ...
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... true and loving helpmate of her husband , and by act and word unweariedly forwarded him as none else could in all of worthy that he did or attempted . She died at London , 21st April , 1866 , suddenly snatched away from him , and the ...
... true and loving helpmate of her husband , and by act and word unweariedly forwarded him as none else could in all of worthy that he did or attempted . She died at London , 21st April , 1866 , suddenly snatched away from him , and the ...
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... true poetic nature and an almost infallible insight . In the conversation which went on in the old drawing - room at Chelsea there was no suggestion of things secret or reserved ; people with sensitive toes had no careful provision made ...
... true poetic nature and an almost infallible insight . In the conversation which went on in the old drawing - room at Chelsea there was no suggestion of things secret or reserved ; people with sensitive toes had no careful provision made ...
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