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A Simple Account of Man in Early Times Edward Clodd. LD : MACMILLAN AND CO . 223 . 1873 k . 89 . The Right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved . CHILDHOOD OF THE WORLD ; A Simple Account OF MAN THE PART SECT PAGE I INTRODUCTORY.
A Simple Account of Man in Early Times Edward Clodd. LD : MACMILLAN AND CO . 223 . 1873 k . 89 . The Right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved . CHILDHOOD OF THE WORLD ; A Simple Account OF MAN THE PART SECT PAGE I INTRODUCTORY.
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... As a child that cries , But , crying , knows his father near . " IN MEMORIAM . London : MACMILLAN AND CO . 223 . 1873 k . 89 . The Right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved . LONDON R. CLAY , SONS , AND TAYLOR , PRINTERS THE.
... As a child that cries , But , crying , knows his father near . " IN MEMORIAM . London : MACMILLAN AND CO . 223 . 1873 k . 89 . The Right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved . LONDON R. CLAY , SONS , AND TAYLOR , PRINTERS THE.
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... translator of Plutarch . The letters possess high interest , not biographical only , but literary - discuss- ing , as they do , the most important questions of the time , always in a genial spirit . The " Remains " include papers on ...
... translator of Plutarch . The letters possess high interest , not biographical only , but literary - discuss- ing , as they do , the most important questions of the time , always in a genial spirit . The " Remains " include papers on ...
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... Translated by " The aim of this translation of Dante may be summed up in one To follow Dante sentence for sentence , line word - Literality . for line , word for word - neither more nor less , has been my strenuous endeavour ...
... Translated by " The aim of this translation of Dante may be summed up in one To follow Dante sentence for sentence , line word - Literality . for line , word for word - neither more nor less , has been my strenuous endeavour ...
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