Amenities of Literature: Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature, Том 2Hurd & Houghton, 1864 |
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... occasion that his majesty saluted his faithful Commons as " brutes ! " but the burly tyrant treated them as such . The penalty of their debates was to be their heads : therefore this important bill passed nemine contradicente ! However ...
... occasion that his majesty saluted his faithful Commons as " brutes ! " but the burly tyrant treated them as such . The penalty of their debates was to be their heads : therefore this important bill passed nemine contradicente ! However ...
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... occasion to exhibit her person in processions and progresses , and by her speech and manner shed her gra- ciousness on the humblest of her subjects . Not slow to per- ceive their wants and wishes , she it was who first gave the people a ...
... occasion to exhibit her person in processions and progresses , and by her speech and manner shed her gra- ciousness on the humblest of her subjects . Not slow to per- ceive their wants and wishes , she it was who first gave the people a ...
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... occasion a faulty pronunciation . I suspect we had not any spelling - books in 1701. I have seen Dyche's of 1710 ; but I do not recollect whether this was the first edition : this sage of practical orthography was compelled to submit to ...
... occasion a faulty pronunciation . I suspect we had not any spelling - books in 1701. I have seen Dyche's of 1710 ; but I do not recollect whether this was the first edition : this sage of practical orthography was compelled to submit to ...
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... occasion of this general rejection of the ancient metres . These artificial structures were operations too refined for the barbarian ear . Their bards , who probably could not read , had neither ability nor inclination to be initiated ...
... occasion of this general rejection of the ancient metres . These artificial structures were operations too refined for the barbarian ear . Their bards , who probably could not read , had neither ability nor inclination to be initiated ...
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... occasion . The policy or the weakness of Elizabeth never consented to settle the succession ; and , as the queen aged , all Europe became more interested in that impending event . This was a cause of national uneasiness , and an ...
... occasion . The policy or the weakness of Elizabeth never consented to settle the succession ; and , as the queen aged , all Europe became more interested in that impending event . This was a cause of national uneasiness , and an ...
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