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... live on it . Our staple of experience must be things that recur , so that we can recognize them and give them names and go about our business without having to be surprised at everything . We need reassur- ance that a thing once seen ...
... live on it . Our staple of experience must be things that recur , so that we can recognize them and give them names and go about our business without having to be surprised at everything . We need reassur- ance that a thing once seen ...
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... lives must die , Passing through nature to eternity . Ham . Ay , madam , it is common . Queen . If it be , Why seems it ... live by this order in change . We may put our experience of learning , of " firsts " and | 35 36 " seconds , " in ...
... lives must die , Passing through nature to eternity . Ham . Ay , madam , it is common . Queen . If it be , Why seems it ... live by this order in change . We may put our experience of learning , of " firsts " and | 35 36 " seconds , " in ...
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... Lives of the Saints and Sabine Baring - Gould's Lives of the Saints ; also the one - volume Book of Saints , compiled by the Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine's Abbey , Ramsgate . The newer , revised editions are usually less full and ...
... Lives of the Saints and Sabine Baring - Gould's Lives of the Saints ; also the one - volume Book of Saints , compiled by the Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine's Abbey , Ramsgate . The newer , revised editions are usually less full and ...
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