An Oxford Anthology of English ProseArnold Whitridge, John Wendell Dodds, Howard Foster Lowry Oxford University Press, 1935 - 950 pages |
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... seen ; nay , to such a degree was my curiosity raised , that having read the controversies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt , I made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on pur- pose to take the measure of a pyramid ; and as ...
... seen ; nay , to such a degree was my curiosity raised , that having read the controversies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt , I made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on pur- pose to take the measure of a pyramid ; and as ...
Page 526
... seen by a person looking down the street from one extremity . Now in all cases , unless the person has hap- pened to observe in pictures how it is that artists produce these effects , he will be utterly unable to make the smallest ap ...
... seen by a person looking down the street from one extremity . Now in all cases , unless the person has hap- pened to observe in pictures how it is that artists produce these effects , he will be utterly unable to make the smallest ap ...
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... seen , ' half - seen , only by himself ; to all others it is a thing unseen , impossible ; to Nature herself it is a thing unseen , a thing which never hitherto was ; very ' impossible , ' for it is as yet a No - thing ! The Unseen ...
... seen , ' half - seen , only by himself ; to all others it is a thing unseen , impossible ; to Nature herself it is a thing unseen , a thing which never hitherto was ; very ' impossible , ' for it is as yet a No - thing ! The Unseen ...
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Le Morte Darthur | 1 |
Roger Ascham 15151568 | 19 |
Sir Thomas North | 29 |
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