An Oxford Anthology of English ProseArnold Whitridge, John Wendell Dodds, Howard Foster Lowry Oxford University Press, 1935 - 950 pages |
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Page 173
... things being packed up or gone ; and after me my poor wife did the like , we having fed upon the remains of yesterday's dinner , having no fire nor dishes , nor any op- portunity of dressing any thing . 4th . Up by break of day to get ...
... things being packed up or gone ; and after me my poor wife did the like , we having fed upon the remains of yesterday's dinner , having no fire nor dishes , nor any op- portunity of dressing any thing . 4th . Up by break of day to get ...
Page 264
... things prepossess you at first sight in favour of those who enjoy them . You wish to find all good quali- ties in them , and are in some degree dis- appointed if you do not . A thousand little things , not separately to be defined , con ...
... things prepossess you at first sight in favour of those who enjoy them . You wish to find all good quali- ties in them , and are in some degree dis- appointed if you do not . A thousand little things , not separately to be defined , con ...
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... things as well as great , the individual value of every soul . But it not only recognizes its value ; it confesses its imperfection , in only be- stowing dignity upon the acknowledg- ment of unworthiness . That admission of lost power ...
... things as well as great , the individual value of every soul . But it not only recognizes its value ; it confesses its imperfection , in only be- stowing dignity upon the acknowledg- ment of unworthiness . That admission of lost power ...
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Le Morte Darthur | 1 |
Roger Ascham 15151568 | 19 |
Sir Thomas North | 29 |
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