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... English , and I'll warrant you'll get pupils and money enough . I suppose you un- derstand English , added he , by this time , or the deuce is in it . I confidently assured him of that , but expressed a doubt whether the Dutch would be ...
... English , and I'll warrant you'll get pupils and money enough . I suppose you un- derstand English , added he , by this time , or the deuce is in it . I confidently assured him of that , but expressed a doubt whether the Dutch would be ...
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... English history . But the manuscript itself was never published in a perfect form until the year 1824 , when the Rev. John Webb enriched the twentieth volume of the Archæologia with it , together with an admirable English translation in ...
... English history . But the manuscript itself was never published in a perfect form until the year 1824 , when the Rev. John Webb enriched the twentieth volume of the Archæologia with it , together with an admirable English translation in ...
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... English seems to have been a gen- uine sentiment of revenge for the hatred which he saw bestowed by our peo- ple upon his own countrymen . The French reality , or affectation , of dislike to us at the present day has no such excuse . We ...
... English seems to have been a gen- uine sentiment of revenge for the hatred which he saw bestowed by our peo- ple upon his own countrymen . The French reality , or affectation , of dislike to us at the present day has no such excuse . We ...
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DAY SUBJECT 119 Of Improving by good Examples | 5 |
Primitive Christians | 9 |
Summer | 14 |
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