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... learned not to whimper at the dark , giggle , and jeer , and chatter through your nose , learned to hold your- self up , to think your own thoughts , and be content . And now you have gone from me to be a little cockney man . But for ...
... learned not to whimper at the dark , giggle , and jeer , and chatter through your nose , learned to hold your- self up , to think your own thoughts , and be content . And now you have gone from me to be a little cockney man . But for ...
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... learned man at Berlin who 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 ...
... learned man at Berlin who 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 ...
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... Reins - Kidneys . Cymini sectores - Hair splitters . Apt to beat over matters - Skilled in viewing all sides of a case . Receipt - Recipe , cure . Questions and Comment 1. Those that are learned . Page 156 Noble's Comparative Classics.
... Reins - Kidneys . Cymini sectores - Hair splitters . Apt to beat over matters - Skilled in viewing all sides of a case . Receipt - Recipe , cure . Questions and Comment 1. Those that are learned . Page 156 Noble's Comparative Classics.
Contents
ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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