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Page 39
... sure of solid joys ; Her merchandise , I fear , is all in toys ; She could not else sure so uncivil be , To treat his universal majesty , His new created Deity , With nuts and bounding - stones and boys . But we must excuse her for this ...
... sure of solid joys ; Her merchandise , I fear , is all in toys ; She could not else sure so uncivil be , To treat his universal majesty , His new created Deity , With nuts and bounding - stones and boys . But we must excuse her for this ...
Page 202
... sure to hit with one or the other . As for instance , where you come into a house which is full of children , if you ... sure to be found for sending them out of the room ; they are too noisy or boisterous , or Mr. does not like children ...
... sure to hit with one or the other . As for instance , where you come into a house which is full of children , if you ... sure to be found for sending them out of the room ; they are too noisy or boisterous , or Mr. does not like children ...
Page 386
... sure he's not a dunce ? ' Why , really one might ask the same thing , in regard to every man proposed for whatsoever function ; and consider it as the one inquiry needful : Are ye sure he's not a dunce ? There is , in this world , no ...
... sure he's not a dunce ? ' Why , really one might ask the same thing , in regard to every man proposed for whatsoever function ; and consider it as the one inquiry needful : Are ye sure he's not a dunce ? There is , in this world , no ...
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References to this book
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener No preview available - 1989 |
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener Limited preview - 1989 |