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... keeps on saying Delenda est Britannia ! * at the top of his voice and a learned man in London who keeps on saying that every German must have a black heart because Cæsar did not conquer Ger- many as he did Gaul and Britain . Just let ...
... keeps on saying Delenda est Britannia ! * at the top of his voice and a learned man in London who keeps on saying that every German must have a black heart because Cæsar did not conquer Ger- many as he did Gaul and Britain . Just let ...
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... keeps the peace in an easy chair . Wit has a better voice in a solo , but humor comes into the chorus best . Wit is as sharp as a stroke of lightning , whereas humor is diffuse like sunlight . Wit keeps the season's fashions and is ...
... keeps the peace in an easy chair . Wit has a better voice in a solo , but humor comes into the chorus best . Wit is as sharp as a stroke of lightning , whereas humor is diffuse like sunlight . Wit keeps the season's fashions and is ...
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... keep life dignified , besides those simple accomplish- ments , cooking and keeping clean ; we could bring an ink- ling at least of the fine arts , the architecture , literature , and music of the past to children even in the humblest ...
... keep life dignified , besides those simple accomplish- ments , cooking and keeping clean ; we could bring an ink- ling at least of the fine arts , the architecture , literature , and music of the past to children even in the humblest ...
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ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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