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... English classic , there ought to be as few errors as possible in it . The first motto to part ii . chap . iv . is attributed to Rowe . The lines are Shenstone's , from the second part of his ' Pastoral Ballad . ' I quote from the ...
... English classic , there ought to be as few errors as possible in it . The first motto to part ii . chap . iv . is attributed to Rowe . The lines are Shenstone's , from the second part of his ' Pastoral Ballad . ' I quote from the ...
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... English , we have in either army , Prussian or English , was ever such expressions as " " Zounds ! " " Odzooks , " and , heard , so far as we know , to refer to this extra- in ' Taming of the Shrew , ' the strange assevera - ordinary ...
... English , we have in either army , Prussian or English , was ever such expressions as " " Zounds ! " " Odzooks , " and , heard , so far as we know , to refer to this extra- in ' Taming of the Shrew , ' the strange assevera - ordinary ...
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... English a must be the most puzzling of letters . We have ( 1 ) a long , as in fate ; ( 2 ) a short , as in fat , ( 3 ) a grave , as in father ; ( 4 ) a broad , as in fall ; ( 5 ) a obscure , as in liar . R. M. SPENCE , M.A. Manse of ...
... English a must be the most puzzling of letters . We have ( 1 ) a long , as in fate ; ( 2 ) a short , as in fat , ( 3 ) a grave , as in father ; ( 4 ) a broad , as in fall ; ( 5 ) a obscure , as in liar . R. M. SPENCE , M.A. Manse of ...
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... English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century . ' Some verses by R. L. Steven- son are addressed to S. C. , initials easily filled up . An interesting account of the " Donna " prefaces Mr. Lang's ' At the Sign of the Ship .'- ' An Editor's ...
... English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century . ' Some verses by R. L. Steven- son are addressed to S. C. , initials easily filled up . An interesting account of the " Donna " prefaces Mr. Lang's ' At the Sign of the Ship .'- ' An Editor's ...
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... English , so your intensely interesting letter must have been a translation if not a forgery . It makes her to boast that she was allied to many of the European sovereigns , which is utterly untrue ; and except that her object in ...
... English , so your intensely interesting letter must have been a translation if not a forgery . It makes her to boast that she was allied to many of the European sovereigns , which is utterly untrue ; and except that her object in ...
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Página 126 - A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but like to thee : Ah Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.
Página 250 - Tullochgorum. But for the sullen frumpish fool, That loves to be oppression's tool, May envy gnaw his rotten soul, And discontent devour him ! May dool and sorrow be his chance, Dool and sorrow, dool and sorrow, May dool and sorrow be his chance, And nane say, wae's me for him ! May dool and sorrow be his chance, Wi' a' the ills that come frae France, Whae'er he be that winna dance The reel o