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In the same general way he has endeavored in these volumes to present what in the world of letters has instructed and delighted him , and to suggest by the selections chosen what else may prove inspiring to his old companions over land ...
In the same general way he has endeavored in these volumes to present what in the world of letters has instructed and delighted him , and to suggest by the selections chosen what else may prove inspiring to his old companions over land ...
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I observed , indeed , that the present war had filled the church with many of these uninhabited monuments , which had been erected to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim , or in the bosom of ...
I observed , indeed , that the present war had filled the church with many of these uninhabited monuments , which had been erected to the memory of persons whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim , or in the bosom of ...
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After this short history of punning , one would wonder how it should be so entirely banished out of the learned world as it is at present , especially since it had found a place in the writings of the most ancient polite authors .
After this short history of punning , one would wonder how it should be so entirely banished out of the learned world as it is at present , especially since it had found a place in the writings of the most ancient polite authors .
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compare with those of future times when the phenomena are better understood , much as our present geographical maps , the result of repeated surveys and of the most accurate measurements , compare with those of the ancients .
compare with those of future times when the phenomena are better understood , much as our present geographical maps , the result of repeated surveys and of the most accurate measurements , compare with those of the ancients .
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Our present notions of the past periods of the world's history probably bear about the same relation to the truth that these ancient geographical maps bear to the modern ones . But this should not discourage us , for , after all , those ...
Our present notions of the past periods of the world's history probably bear about the same relation to the truth that these ancient geographical maps bear to the modern ones . But this should not discourage us , for , after all , those ...
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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