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... side : these persons open wide their mouths for the cram of nonsensical garbage , and are crammed to the tongue ... sides . Happy are they who escape crush and suffocation from the rubbish which will accompany its fall . Rather let us ...
... side : these persons open wide their mouths for the cram of nonsensical garbage , and are crammed to the tongue ... sides . Happy are they who escape crush and suffocation from the rubbish which will accompany its fall . Rather let us ...
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... sides seemed calculated to brave with impunity the storms of Time , to transmit the fame of its founders to remotest posterity . The instant I fixed my eyes on it , a rush of confused recollection , dim and shadowy as the vapour of the ...
... sides seemed calculated to brave with impunity the storms of Time , to transmit the fame of its founders to remotest posterity . The instant I fixed my eyes on it , a rush of confused recollection , dim and shadowy as the vapour of the ...
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... side , the river which divides the city might be traced , winding slug- gishly along , bearing on its dark surface innu- merable vessels ; and its banks lined with quays and buildings ; many of the latter throwing up columns of smoke ...
... side , the river which divides the city might be traced , winding slug- gishly along , bearing on its dark surface innu- merable vessels ; and its banks lined with quays and buildings ; many of the latter throwing up columns of smoke ...
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... sides of the fire , the figure of an animal very much resem- bling ourselves , should suddenly pounce through the ceiling and alight between us , with a stare and a " wheugh !! " what should you say ? " Why , " said I , " I really don't ...
... sides of the fire , the figure of an animal very much resem- bling ourselves , should suddenly pounce through the ceiling and alight between us , with a stare and a " wheugh !! " what should you say ? " Why , " said I , " I really don't ...
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... side , before , or behind . Even if she sees her error , false shame forbids an honest avowal ; checks all retraction and amendment : " Let me alone , " she exclaims , “ I will have my own way , I will not learn better ; talk not of ...
... side , before , or behind . Even if she sees her error , false shame forbids an honest avowal ; checks all retraction and amendment : " Let me alone , " she exclaims , “ I will have my own way , I will not learn better ; talk not of ...
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Page 160 - The man who resolutely divesting himself of habit and prejudice, of the false impressions imbibed from early childhood, resolves to know Truth, if haply she may be found, is sure to be assailed, threatened, mimicked, and insulted, with abuse the most pitiful and inane, with derision the most paltry, stupid, and futile, wholly unworthy of the exaltation to which human attainmentboasts to have arrived. 'His honesty is decried as presumption, his avowal of naked truth as sedition; his exposure of existing...
Page 162 - Necker,'that reason suits neither you or me: Sully did not go to mass, and Sully was of the council.' ' Maurepas, in this answer, only caught at the ridicule of...