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... thee a piece of advice , which may be of service to thee hereafter , if thou shouldst have the good fortune to make thy escape : Never venture into a well a- gain , before thou hast well considered how to get out of it . VII . - The Fox ...
... thee a piece of advice , which may be of service to thee hereafter , if thou shouldst have the good fortune to make thy escape : Never venture into a well a- gain , before thou hast well considered how to get out of it . VII . - The Fox ...
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... thee one very odd whim in this my dream .. I saw , me- thought . a dozen women employed in bringing off one man : I could not guess who it should be , till , upon his nearer proach . I discovered thy short phiz The women all de- clared ...
... thee one very odd whim in this my dream .. I saw , me- thought . a dozen women employed in bringing off one man : I could not guess who it should be , till , upon his nearer proach . I discovered thy short phiz The women all de- clared ...
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... thee prefer a dead enemy to the glory of thy country . " Every body detested an action so cruel and inhuman . The murderer was immediately seized , dragged before the Dunmviri , the proper judges of such erimes . Horatius was condemned ...
... thee prefer a dead enemy to the glory of thy country . " Every body detested an action so cruel and inhuman . The murderer was immediately seized , dragged before the Dunmviri , the proper judges of such erimes . Horatius was condemned ...
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... thee , the meanest genius grows deserv ing , and has a just demand for a portion of our esteem ; devoid of thee , the brightest of our kind lie lost and use- less , and are but poorly distinguished from the most des- picable and base ...
... thee , the meanest genius grows deserv ing , and has a just demand for a portion of our esteem ; devoid of thee , the brightest of our kind lie lost and use- less , and are but poorly distinguished from the most des- picable and base ...
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... thee worthily ; through whom , what- ever we do , is done with elegance and beauty ; without whom , what we do is ever graceless and deformed . Ven erable power ! By what name shall I address thee ? Shall I call thee ornament of the ...
... thee worthily ; through whom , what- ever we do , is done with elegance and beauty ; without whom , what we do is ever graceless and deformed . Ven erable power ! By what name shall I address thee ? Shall I call thee ornament of the ...
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