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... Page 160. Can you think of instances ? May it be true of a whole people as well as of individuals ? 3. May be called captain . Page 161. Have you ever met this motive among your acquaintances ? What have we in the United States which ...
... Page 160. Can you think of instances ? May it be true of a whole people as well as of individuals ? 3. May be called captain . Page 161. Have you ever met this motive among your acquaintances ? What have we in the United States which ...
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... Page 211. How much profanity do you yourself hear ? Page 213. What is 2. Temperament of the social observer . the effect on a society , say a school , of a code of manners which changes very slowly , if at all ? effect of no standard at ...
... Page 211. How much profanity do you yourself hear ? Page 213. What is 2. Temperament of the social observer . the effect on a society , say a school , of a code of manners which changes very slowly , if at all ? effect of no standard at ...
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... Page 285. Show how by the contrast between the setting and the interruption , Lowell makes this introduction effective . 2. Inclusively of myself . Page 287. What words and expres- sions in this paragraph introduce an element of humor ...
... Page 285. Show how by the contrast between the setting and the interruption , Lowell makes this introduction effective . 2. Inclusively of myself . Page 287. What words and expres- sions in this paragraph introduce an element of humor ...
Contents
ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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