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... tion of our greatest English words . We live in an age where pity and charity have taken on the color of condescensions ; where humility seems to mean an acknowledgment of failure ; where simplicity is foolishness and curiosity is ...
... tion of our greatest English words . We live in an age where pity and charity have taken on the color of condescensions ; where humility seems to mean an acknowledgment of failure ; where simplicity is foolishness and curiosity is ...
Page 166
... tion , as recorded by multitudes . What else , I demand , than mere weight of metal , absolute nobility of deportment , broke the vast line of battle then arrayed against her ? What else but her meek , saintly demeanour won , from the ...
... tion , as recorded by multitudes . What else , I demand , than mere weight of metal , absolute nobility of deportment , broke the vast line of battle then arrayed against her ? What else but her meek , saintly demeanour won , from the ...
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... tion to retire from London when other great and fashion- able people did so ; but London should still be his fixed residence , and it was in London that he resolved to exercise that hospitality so peculiarly recommended to all bishops ...
... tion to retire from London when other great and fashion- able people did so ; but London should still be his fixed residence , and it was in London that he resolved to exercise that hospitality so peculiarly recommended to all bishops ...
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