Modern Eloquence, Volume 8Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... never dreamt of this . ments that are reared to us amid all this pomp and cere- mony , we do not comprehend their ... never dreamed . He never meant to discover a New World , and he died without the slightest suspicion that he had made ...
... never dreamt of this . ments that are reared to us amid all this pomp and cere- mony , we do not comprehend their ... never dreamed . He never meant to discover a New World , and he died without the slightest suspicion that he had made ...
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... never was Chaucer so familiar to the youth at school ; never was the Bible so widely read ; never were such trans- lations accessible as are now within reach of all . In all this the power of the universities is felt ; give them the ...
... never was Chaucer so familiar to the youth at school ; never was the Bible so widely read ; never were such trans- lations accessible as are now within reach of all . In all this the power of the universities is felt ; give them the ...
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... never been fully made up . It is true they may afford some trifling advantages to local traffic , and they may even in time become the channels of a more extended commerce . Yet I have never been thoroughly satisfied either of the ...
... never been fully made up . It is true they may afford some trifling advantages to local traffic , and they may even in time become the channels of a more extended commerce . Yet I have never been thoroughly satisfied either of the ...
Contents
VOLUME VIII | 399 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 413 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 419 |
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