College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
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Page 103
... Italy are like a die which hath no point between sink and ace , nobility and peasantry . . . . The yeoman wears russet clothes , but makes golden payment , having tin in his buttons and silver in his pocket . In his own country he is a ...
... Italy are like a die which hath no point between sink and ace , nobility and peasantry . . . . The yeoman wears russet clothes , but makes golden payment , having tin in his buttons and silver in his pocket . In his own country he is a ...
Page 126
... Italy as an Englishman takes , and leads us to prefer Ruskin's descriptions to the reality cheers the American athlete ; and the crispness of the atmosphere and its extreme variability keeps his nerves alert . An English athlete would ...
... Italy as an Englishman takes , and leads us to prefer Ruskin's descriptions to the reality cheers the American athlete ; and the crispness of the atmosphere and its extreme variability keeps his nerves alert . An English athlete would ...
Page 159
... is that it often disables a man from following the movements of opinion in the world around him . As Mazzini would never admit that Italy could be free and prosperous except under a republic , Goldwin Smith continued to GOLDWIN SMITH 159.
... is that it often disables a man from following the movements of opinion in the world around him . As Mazzini would never admit that Italy could be free and prosperous except under a republic , Goldwin Smith continued to GOLDWIN SMITH 159.
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... from an account of the ascent of Vesuvius to compare the prices of gloves , linen shirts , and dress suits in Paris and in Italy . At length arrived at the summit of the P - and beau is the Mark T his re la pol MARK TWAIN 209.
... from an account of the ascent of Vesuvius to compare the prices of gloves , linen shirts , and dress suits in Paris and in Italy . At length arrived at the summit of the P - and beau is the Mark T his re la pol MARK TWAIN 209.
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... Italy , distraught and divided , Germany , a thing of shreds and patches , Ireland , thwarted and discordant , Alsace - Lorraine , Poland , Finland , and Bosnia , wrenched from their congenial associations - these , by reason of their ...
... Italy , distraught and divided , Germany , a thing of shreds and patches , Ireland , thwarted and discordant , Alsace - Lorraine , Poland , Finland , and Bosnia , wrenched from their congenial associations - these , by reason of their ...
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