De Vere; Or, The Man of Independence, Том 1J. & J. Harper, 1831 |
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... better than good dreams , except they be put in act : and that cannot be without power and place , as the vantage and commanding ground . - Bacon . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. D NEW - YORK : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. & J. HARPER , NO ...
... better than good dreams , except they be put in act : and that cannot be without power and place , as the vantage and commanding ground . - Bacon . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. D NEW - YORK : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. & J. HARPER , NO ...
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... better grace for it than to be allowed to inscribe it to one who has run through so great a career as your lordship , reaping from it nothing but honour . But though I have been a witness to the devotion of your life to public duty ...
... better grace for it than to be allowed to inscribe it to one who has run through so great a career as your lordship , reaping from it nothing but honour . But though I have been a witness to the devotion of your life to public duty ...
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... better policy not to have extolled an art in which , on that very account , he may only be found the more wanting . Nevertheless , his respect for many profes- sors of it is so great , that he could not resist this tribute to it ...
... better policy not to have extolled an art in which , on that very account , he may only be found the more wanting . Nevertheless , his respect for many profes- sors of it is so great , that he could not resist this tribute to it ...
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... better for it . With this reason for my undertaking , I shall , without further preface , proceed to relate how , in my early youth , I first became acquainted with him , and obtained his history up to that epoch . And though I almost ...
... better for it . With this reason for my undertaking , I shall , without further preface , proceed to relate how , in my early youth , I first became acquainted with him , and obtained his history up to that epoch . And though I almost ...
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... better acquainted with this stranger , and I almost lamented that my horses had not been ready with his , as it was possible , though I thought not probable , that he might have per- mitted me to join him . There was an interest about ...
... better acquainted with this stranger , and I almost lamented that my horses had not been ready with his , as it was possible , though I thought not probable , that he might have per- mitted me to join him . There was an interest about ...
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