Select British Classics, Volume 25J. Conrad, 1803 - English literature |
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... shew my veneration for transcendent merit under my own name , in this address to your lordship . The just ap- plication of those high accomplishments , of which you are master , has been an advantage to all your fellow subjects ; and it ...
... shew my veneration for transcendent merit under my own name , in this address to your lordship . The just ap- plication of those high accomplishments , of which you are master , has been an advantage to all your fellow subjects ; and it ...
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... shews the prince even in the giving of a letter , or dispatch- ing of a message . Our best actors are somewhat at a loss to support themselves with proper gesture , as they move from any considerable distance to the front of the stage ...
... shews the prince even in the giving of a letter , or dispatch- ing of a message . Our best actors are somewhat at a loss to support themselves with proper gesture , as they move from any considerable distance to the front of the stage ...
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... shew the garment in its utmost circum- ference ; but my great hall was too narrow for the expe- riment ; for before it was half unfolded , it described so immoderate a circle , that the lower part of it brush- ed upon my face as I sat ...
... shew the garment in its utmost circum- ference ; but my great hall was too narrow for the expe- riment ; for before it was half unfolded , it described so immoderate a circle , that the lower part of it brush- ed upon my face as I sat ...
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... shew that I did not make that judg- ment for the sake of filthy lucre , I ordered it to be folded up , and sent it as a present to a widow - gentle- woman , who has five daughters , desiring she would make each of them a petticoat out ...
... shew that I did not make that judg- ment for the sake of filthy lucre , I ordered it to be folded up , and sent it as a present to a widow - gentle- woman , who has five daughters , desiring she would make each of them a petticoat out ...
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... shew you in it a complete oak in minature ; and could you suit all your organs as we do , you might pluck an acorn from this little oak , which contains another tree ; and so proceed from tree to tree , as long as you would think fit to ...
... shew you in it a complete oak in minature ; and could you suit all your organs as we do , you might pluck an acorn from this little oak , which contains another tree ; and so proceed from tree to tree , as long as you would think fit to ...
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