The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 1G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Anthologies |
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Page 16
... appear- ance , and supply its place . For this reason mankind have been forced to invent a kind of artificial humanity , which is what we express by the word good breeding . For if we examine thor- oughly the idea of what we call so ...
... appear- ance , and supply its place . For this reason mankind have been forced to invent a kind of artificial humanity , which is what we express by the word good breeding . For if we examine thor- oughly the idea of what we call so ...
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... appear so surprisingly dull when they have endeavored to be merry in print , the public being more just than private clubs or assemblies , in distinguishing between what is wit and what is ill nature . Another reason why the good ...
... appear so surprisingly dull when they have endeavored to be merry in print , the public being more just than private clubs or assemblies , in distinguishing between what is wit and what is ill nature . Another reason why the good ...
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... appears spotted as far as thou canst see , are more in number than the sands on the seashore ; there are myriads of ... appear miserable , that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared , that will convey ...
... appears spotted as far as thou canst see , are more in number than the sands on the seashore ; there are myriads of ... appear miserable , that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared , that will convey ...
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... appear tame to the reader , it will be because I am not habited in a black ribbed- silk dress , with a strip of point - lace around my throat , like Miss Blondeau ; it will be because I lack her eyes and lips and South- ern music to ...
... appear tame to the reader , it will be because I am not habited in a black ribbed- silk dress , with a strip of point - lace around my throat , like Miss Blondeau ; it will be because I lack her eyes and lips and South- ern music to ...
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... appear in the council - house , and to be inspected by the mayor and the council , to see if it were fit for further service or not . And then it was to be decided whether it was to show its light in future for the inhabitants of some ...
... appear in the council - house , and to be inspected by the mayor and the council , to see if it were fit for further service or not . And then it was to be decided whether it was to show its light in future for the inhabitants of some ...
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