How to Observe: Morals and MannersC. Knight and Company, 1838 - 238 էջ |
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... England as a classical scholar , it need only be known that an edition of his " Horace " has been pub- lished in London , and the publishers informed me that the entire edition had met with a ready sale ; showing that , notwithstanding ...
... England as a classical scholar , it need only be known that an edition of his " Horace " has been pub- lished in London , and the publishers informed me that the entire edition had met with a ready sale ; showing that , notwithstanding ...
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... England and in this country . His Greek Grammar , now before us , will add to his reputation , and we commend it to the attention of classical teachers as a work eminently calculated to facilitate and promote the study of the language ...
... England and in this country . His Greek Grammar , now before us , will add to his reputation , and we commend it to the attention of classical teachers as a work eminently calculated to facilitate and promote the study of the language ...
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... England after spending the summer in it ? What sensible man seriously generalizes upon the man- ners of a street , even though it be Houndsditch or Cranbourn Alley ? Who pretends to explain all the proceedings of his next - door ...
... England after spending the summer in it ? What sensible man seriously generalizes upon the man- ners of a street , even though it be Houndsditch or Cranbourn Alley ? Who pretends to explain all the proceedings of his next - door ...
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... England , and sup- posed I should soon understand the English . I have now lived five - and - twenty years here , and I begin to think I understand neither the Scotch nor the English . " What is to be done ? Let us first settle what is ...
... England , and sup- posed I should soon understand the English . I have now lived five - and - twenty years here , and I begin to think I understand neither the Scotch nor the English . " What is to be done ? Let us first settle what is ...
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... England was landed by a Thames waterman who had a wooden leg . The stranger saw that the wooden leg was used to stand in the water with , while the other was high and dry . The apparent economy of the fact struck the Chinese ; he saw in ...
... England was landed by a Thames waterman who had a wooden leg . The stranger saw that the wooden leg was used to stand in the water with , while the other was high and dry . The apparent economy of the fact struck the Chinese ; he saw in ...
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