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... boys so freely used in a halting prose by an American poet , which has been praised as the high fruit of genius , and the soul music of the future . But we taste nothing pure . The great dread of the present age is adulteration . There ...
... boys so freely used in a halting prose by an American poet , which has been praised as the high fruit of genius , and the soul music of the future . But we taste nothing pure . The great dread of the present age is adulteration . There ...
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... boys and girls , and thence men and women . Well , as far as we can judge , the great Creator desires souls purified by earthly trials , and we opine that those who present a long list of such jewels to the King of kings , will have 6 ...
... boys and girls , and thence men and women . Well , as far as we can judge , the great Creator desires souls purified by earthly trials , and we opine that those who present a long list of such jewels to the King of kings , will have 6 ...
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... boys and girls are increasing in forwardness , boldness , rudeness and impudence . We don't say this merely to find fault with the children themselves ; they know no better . Boys and girls will ape and imitate men and women , if they ...
... boys and girls are increasing in forwardness , boldness , rudeness and impudence . We don't say this merely to find fault with the children themselves ; they know no better . Boys and girls will ape and imitate men and women , if they ...
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... boy , where bashfulness and modesty should be con- spicuous . In all our great towns there are to be seen troops of young boys and girls walking out , the boys following the girls , chaffing , courting , quizzing , and indulging in ...
... boy , where bashfulness and modesty should be con- spicuous . In all our great towns there are to be seen troops of young boys and girls walking out , the boys following the girls , chaffing , courting , quizzing , and indulging in ...
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... boy we knew had the singular faculty of getting , in a wonder- fully short space of time , all the meat out of the many thin legs of a lobster — a feat which drives most of us to the verge of despair ; and certainly Mr. Sala has the ...
... boy we knew had the singular faculty of getting , in a wonder- fully short space of time , all the meat out of the many thin legs of a lobster — a feat which drives most of us to the verge of despair ; and certainly Mr. Sala has the ...
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