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... hands , their mother thought it time they should learn their alphabet . She opened the subject to the Squire . 66 Alphabet ! " he exclaimed . " My dear Joan , they shall learn nothing of the kind . It would be absurd to teach children ...
... hands , their mother thought it time they should learn their alphabet . She opened the subject to the Squire . 66 Alphabet ! " he exclaimed . " My dear Joan , they shall learn nothing of the kind . It would be absurd to teach children ...
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... hand to the long rows of nobly bound books care- fully preserved behind glass . Russia and vellum and morocco had not been spared ; there were finest editions of the most illustrious presses . 66 " When you are in Rome , " said the ...
... hand to the long rows of nobly bound books care- fully preserved behind glass . Russia and vellum and morocco had not been spared ; there were finest editions of the most illustrious presses . 66 " When you are in Rome , " said the ...
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... had furnished it second - hand , and tried to attract visitors by advertising in the Times the beauty and salubrity of the situation , and the perfect accommodation ; but he did not take much by it 46 SQUIRE SILCHESTER'S WHIM .
... had furnished it second - hand , and tried to attract visitors by advertising in the Times the beauty and salubrity of the situation , and the perfect accommodation ; but he did not take much by it 46 SQUIRE SILCHESTER'S WHIM .
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... hands of a great poet , is capable of music as various as any language of which I have knowledge . I should like you to be a poet , Silvester , but I don't want you to be a poetaster . Milton defines true poetry as simple , sensuous ...
... hands of a great poet , is capable of music as various as any language of which I have knowledge . I should like you to be a poet , Silvester , but I don't want you to be a poetaster . Milton defines true poetry as simple , sensuous ...
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... a ́pedant in rhythm , for want of ear . Byron , on the other hand , with true rhythmical capacity , sinned from sheer ignorance . He had no lite- rature . In Childe Harold he always bisects his Alexandrines 92 SQUIRE SILCHESTER'S WHIM .
... a ́pedant in rhythm , for want of ear . Byron , on the other hand , with true rhythmical capacity , sinned from sheer ignorance . He had no lite- rature . In Childe Harold he always bisects his Alexandrines 92 SQUIRE SILCHESTER'S WHIM .
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