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... common objection of con- demning what they did not understand . 5 10 them old , and the Almanack - maker has the liberty of choosing the sickliest season of the year , where he may fix his prediction . Again , " This month an eminent ...
... common objection of con- demning what they did not understand . 5 10 them old , and the Almanack - maker has the liberty of choosing the sickliest season of the year , where he may fix his prediction . Again , " This month an eminent ...
Page 417
... common grammar or common These two evils , ignorance and want of taste , have produced a third ; I mean the con- tinual corruption of our English tongue , which , without some timely remedy , will suffer more by the false refinements of ...
... common grammar or common These two evils , ignorance and want of taste , have produced a third ; I mean the con- tinual corruption of our English tongue , which , without some timely remedy , will suffer more by the false refinements of ...
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... common forms of business appears to us rather as an apology to cover a supine neglect of duty , than the means of performing it in a manner adequate to the exigency that presses upon us . The common means we have already tried , and ...
... common forms of business appears to us rather as an apology to cover a supine neglect of duty , than the means of performing it in a manner adequate to the exigency that presses upon us . The common means we have already tried , and ...
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Literary Masters of England Nelson Sherwin Bushnell,Paul Milton Fulcher,Warner Taylor Snippet view - 1936 |
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