A Hand-book of English Literature Intended for the Use of High Schools, as Well as a Companion and Guide for Private Students, and for General ReadersLee & Shepard, 1871 - 608 pages |
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Page xviii
... truth were only phrases , and the robbery of widows and orphans by the tricks which law , un- fortunately , cannot punish , were a jesting matter , it is not too much to say that the wrong that is done to our noble language is only ...
... truth were only phrases , and the robbery of widows and orphans by the tricks which law , un- fortunately , cannot punish , were a jesting matter , it is not too much to say that the wrong that is done to our noble language is only ...
Page xxxvii
... truth . Eliot Warburton ... Traveller ... 1810-1852 Gilbert Abbot à Becket . Author of Comic History of Rome , & c . , in " Punch . " . 1810-1856 Dr. John Brown .... . Author of Tales and Essays . .. 1810- Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gaskell ...
... truth . Eliot Warburton ... Traveller ... 1810-1852 Gilbert Abbot à Becket . Author of Comic History of Rome , & c . , in " Punch . " . 1810-1856 Dr. John Brown .... . Author of Tales and Essays . .. 1810- Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gaskell ...
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... truth shall be thy warrant ; Go , since I needs must die , And give the world the lie . II . Go , tell the court it glows , And shines like rotten wood ; Go , tell the church it shows What's good , and doth no good : If church and court ...
... truth shall be thy warrant ; Go , since I needs must die , And give the world the lie . II . Go , tell the court it glows , And shines like rotten wood ; Go , tell the church it shows What's good , and doth no good : If church and court ...
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... truth most admirable , and doth much edify , if not the understanding , because it teacheth not , yet surely the affection , because therein it worketh much . They must have hearts very dry and tough , from whom the melody of the psalms ...
... truth most admirable , and doth much edify , if not the understanding , because it teacheth not , yet surely the affection , because therein it worketh much . They must have hearts very dry and tough , from whom the melody of the psalms ...
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... truth , it is not easy , when such a matter passed between two , to make it appear from which of them it first moved and began . It is a way that some men have , to glance and dart at others by justifying themselves by negatives ; as to ...
... truth , it is not easy , when such a matter passed between two , to make it appear from which of them it first moved and began . It is a way that some men have , to glance and dart at others by justifying themselves by negatives ; as to ...
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