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... feel the power of a higher intel- lectual life surging around it and ever lifting it to nobler and grander ... feeling unsur- passed by the most ornate of medieval cathedrals ; by her contiguity to the sea and her relations to the ...
... feel the power of a higher intel- lectual life surging around it and ever lifting it to nobler and grander ... feeling unsur- passed by the most ornate of medieval cathedrals ; by her contiguity to the sea and her relations to the ...
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... and from the West , from the North and from the South , to enjoy the sweet repose of its quiet shades , and to feel the kindling impulse of its mental life . " Tom Brown's School Days . " By THOMAS HUGHES By ELMER HEWITT CAPEN.
... and from the West , from the North and from the South , to enjoy the sweet repose of its quiet shades , and to feel the kindling impulse of its mental life . " Tom Brown's School Days . " By THOMAS HUGHES By ELMER HEWITT CAPEN.
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... feel- ing of wonder and curiosity was too strong . And the boy on one side of him was scratching his name on the oak panelling in front , and he couldn't help watching to see what the name was , and whether it was well scratched ; and ...
... feel- ing of wonder and curiosity was too strong . And the boy on one side of him was scratching his name on the oak panelling in front , and he couldn't help watching to see what the name was , and whether it was well scratched ; and ...
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... feel morally certain that it has penetrated to his boots ; at others it brims over with kindliness . " It is like looking forward to spring to think of seeing your beaming eye again , " wrote Lord Jeffrey to Charles Dickens years ago ...
... feel morally certain that it has penetrated to his boots ; at others it brims over with kindliness . " It is like looking forward to spring to think of seeing your beaming eye again , " wrote Lord Jeffrey to Charles Dickens years ago ...
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... feel from how many things she was resting - from how long a journey and how untempered a fate , what an expen- diture of that rich personality which always moved all together and with all its violent force . One of the earliest things ...
... feel from how many things she was resting - from how long a journey and how untempered a fate , what an expen- diture of that rich personality which always moved all together and with all its violent force . One of the earliest things ...
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