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... writers un- represented would be glaringly incomplete ; but why adopt a definition which ought to exclude them ? His definition apart , Mr. Crawfurd has dealt judiciously with his embarrassment A scene from Massinger might perhaps have ...
... writers un- represented would be glaringly incomplete ; but why adopt a definition which ought to exclude them ? His definition apart , Mr. Crawfurd has dealt judiciously with his embarrassment A scene from Massinger might perhaps have ...
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... writing letters on the ephemeral sub- jets of the day , lecturing his friends , and and Mercantile Law in the University of ndeavouring to say smart things . This is Edinburgh , and he was an enthusiastic ex- at the Dr. Hodgson of fact ...
... writing letters on the ephemeral sub- jets of the day , lecturing his friends , and and Mercantile Law in the University of ndeavouring to say smart things . This is Edinburgh , and he was an enthusiastic ex- at the Dr. Hodgson of fact ...
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... writing , and arithmetic to a certain both these are lacking . Next to A Beleaguered Will Hudson , an American working - man . City , I cannot but esteem it as its author's Of course Will Hudson falls in love with best and strongest ...
... writing , and arithmetic to a certain both these are lacking . Next to A Beleaguered Will Hudson , an American working - man . City , I cannot but esteem it as its author's Of course Will Hudson falls in love with best and strongest ...
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... writer . " There was also some feeling shown when Mr. Arnold , who had been announced to lecture at MR . C. B. STRUTT , who is writing a work on Cambridge , recited instead selections from his Historical Chairs , will be glad to receive ...
... writer . " There was also some feeling shown when Mr. Arnold , who had been announced to lecture at MR . C. B. STRUTT , who is writing a work on Cambridge , recited instead selections from his Historical Chairs , will be glad to receive ...
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... writing the proposed alla Pace di Carlowitz . Vol . II . Rome : Forzani . 4 fr . MORIN , Dom G. Histoire générale des Pays du Gas- tinois , Senonois et Hurpois . T. 1. Paris : Hin- richsen . 15 fr . OBERZINER , G. A. I Reti in relazione ...
... writing the proposed alla Pace di Carlowitz . Vol . II . Rome : Forzani . 4 fr . MORIN , Dom G. Histoire générale des Pays du Gas- tinois , Senonois et Hurpois . T. 1. Paris : Hin- richsen . 15 fr . OBERZINER , G. A. I Reti in relazione ...
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