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Page 46
... took almost immediate meas- ures entirely to dissipate and bring to nothing ; for there is something revolting in the idea of a king hold- ing a private purse ; and the thoughts of Bigod were all regal . Thus furnished by the very act ...
... took almost immediate meas- ures entirely to dissipate and bring to nothing ; for there is something revolting in the idea of a king hold- ing a private purse ; and the thoughts of Bigod were all regal . Thus furnished by the very act ...
Page 47
... took a pride in numbering them ; and , with Comus , seemed pleased to be " stocked with so fair a herd . " With such sources , it was a wonder how he contrived to keep his treasury always empty . He did it by force of an aphorism ...
... took a pride in numbering them ; and , with Comus , seemed pleased to be " stocked with so fair a herd . " With such sources , it was a wonder how he contrived to keep his treasury always empty . He did it by force of an aphorism ...
Page 60
... took , and gave , no concessions . She hated favors . She never made a revoke , nor ever passed it over in her adversary without exacting the utmost forfeiture . She fought a good fight : cut and thrust . She held not her good sword ...
... took , and gave , no concessions . She hated favors . She never made a revoke , nor ever passed it over in her adversary without exacting the utmost forfeiture . She fought a good fight : cut and thrust . She held not her good sword ...
Page 90
... desirous of provoking discussion by the questions which he put , as of obtaining information at any rate . It did not appear that he took any interest , either , in such kind of inquiries , for their 90 THE OLD AND THE NEW SCHOOLMASTER .
... desirous of provoking discussion by the questions which he put , as of obtaining information at any rate . It did not appear that he took any interest , either , in such kind of inquiries , for their 90 THE OLD AND THE NEW SCHOOLMASTER .
Page 98
... took the upper hand of the actual ; should have overlooked the impertinent individualities of such poor concretions as mankind , is not much to be admired . It is rather to be wondered at , that in the genus of animals he should have ...
... took the upper hand of the actual ; should have overlooked the impertinent individualities of such poor concretions as mankind , is not much to be admired . It is rather to be wondered at , that in the genus of animals he should have ...
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