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... Lord Herbert , which are known to few , a year ago , seemingly , were so to none in this part of the world . The only desire in translating them has been to do so literally , as any paraphrase , or addition of words impairs their ...
... Lord Herbert , which are known to few , a year ago , seemingly , were so to none in this part of the world . The only desire in translating them has been to do so literally , as any paraphrase , or addition of words impairs their ...
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... Lord Edward Herbert was one of the handsomest men of his day , of a beauty alike stately , chivalric and intellectual . His person and features were cultivated by all the disciplines of a time when courtly graces were not insignificant ...
... Lord Edward Herbert was one of the handsomest men of his day , of a beauty alike stately , chivalric and intellectual . His person and features were cultivated by all the disciplines of a time when courtly graces were not insignificant ...
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... Lord Herbert . none . George Herbert , like his elder brother , was tall , erect , and with the noble air of one sprung from a race whose spirit has never been broken or bartered ; but his thin form contrasted with the full development ...
... Lord Herbert . none . George Herbert , like his elder brother , was tall , erect , and with the noble air of one sprung from a race whose spirit has never been broken or bartered ; but his thin form contrasted with the full development ...
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... Lord Herbert as he looked on his brother , who , for a moment or two , approached without ob- serving him , but absorbed and radiant in his own happy thoughts . They had not met for long , and it seemed that George had grown from an ...
... Lord Herbert as he looked on his brother , who , for a moment or two , approached without ob- serving him , but absorbed and radiant in his own happy thoughts . They had not met for long , and it seemed that George had grown from an ...
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... Lord H. - Why do you not say , rather , that your own discern- ing mind and maturer will show you more and more the folly and wrong of such outbreaks . George H. - Because that would not be saying all that I think . At such times I feel ...
... Lord H. - Why do you not say , rather , that your own discern- ing mind and maturer will show you more and more the folly and wrong of such outbreaks . George H. - Because that would not be saying all that I think . At such times I feel ...
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