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... classic languages . The difference between the English of to - day and that of five or six centuries ago is so great that many persons are led to believe that there may have been an epoch of sudden change HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION . XV.
... classic languages . The difference between the English of to - day and that of five or six centuries ago is so great that many persons are led to believe that there may have been an epoch of sudden change HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION . XV.
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... person successful in politics , and those lifted by accident into fame or infamy , are " interviewed . " The corruption does not affect language only ; when the gossip about some great financial scoundrel , whose collected crimes , if ...
... person successful in politics , and those lifted by accident into fame or infamy , are " interviewed . " The corruption does not affect language only ; when the gossip about some great financial scoundrel , whose collected crimes , if ...
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... persons of taste . This thought will serve to explain the omission of such learned and powerful writers as Sir William Hamil- ton , John Locke , Herbert Spencer , Mill , and Darwin . There is room for a few comments only upon the ...
... persons of taste . This thought will serve to explain the omission of such learned and powerful writers as Sir William Hamil- ton , John Locke , Herbert Spencer , Mill , and Darwin . There is room for a few comments only upon the ...
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... persons of maturer years who are not infected by the prevail- ing hurry of our times . The establishment of the leading reviews was a great event , and did much to put criticism upon a higher base , and to give form and weight to the ...
... persons of maturer years who are not infected by the prevail- ing hurry of our times . The establishment of the leading reviews was a great event , and did much to put criticism upon a higher base , and to give form and weight to the ...
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... seken straungé strondes , To ferné halwes couthe ' in sondry londes ; 1 Soft . B Ancient . • Such . 3 Grove . • Hallowed persons , saints .. 7 Known . 4 Run . I And specially from euery shirés ende Of Englelond , to HAND-BOOK ...
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