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... ancient necessi- ties , for these ancient customs . Protection was wanted ; and the domestic tie , though not the highest , was the closest . The king's household has not only several strong traces of this feudality , but it is formed ...
... ancient necessi- ties , for these ancient customs . Protection was wanted ; and the domestic tie , though not the highest , was the closest . The king's household has not only several strong traces of this feudality , but it is formed ...
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... ancient piper Pithocaris ? Have ever wild boars , elephants , deer , dolphins , whales or turbots , showed the least emotion at the most elaborate strains of your modern scrapers ; all which have been , as it were , tamed and humanized ...
... ancient piper Pithocaris ? Have ever wild boars , elephants , deer , dolphins , whales or turbots , showed the least emotion at the most elaborate strains of your modern scrapers ; all which have been , as it were , tamed and humanized ...
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... ANCIENT MARINER , § 1 . COLERIDGE . PART I. Ir is an ancient mariner , And he stoppeth one of three , " By thy long gray beard and glittering eye , Now wherefore stopp'st thou me ? " The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide , And I am ...
... ANCIENT MARINER , § 1 . COLERIDGE . PART I. Ir is an ancient mariner , And he stoppeth one of three , " By thy long gray beard and glittering eye , Now wherefore stopp'st thou me ? " The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide , And I am ...
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DAY SUBJECT 119 Of Improving by good Examples | 5 |
Primitive Christians | 9 |
Summer | 14 |
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