Literary Interpretations, Or, A Guide to the Teaching and Reading of Literature: Writings by Lowell, Hawthorne, Tennyson, and Emerson |
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Kingdom and lordship , power and estate , are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both ; the sum total of both is the same .
Kingdom and lordship , power and estate , are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both ; the sum total of both is the same .
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