The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 63
... respect is the progress of the age more visible , or more impor- tantly so , than in this apparently trifling matter ... respects , we should point to this evidence of their advancement , and be content with it . One of the most ...
... respect is the progress of the age more visible , or more impor- tantly so , than in this apparently trifling matter ... respects , we should point to this evidence of their advancement , and be content with it . One of the most ...
Page 151
... respect ; and we may gladly compound , for their sakes , with foibles which belong to the common chances of humanity . If Johnson has added nothing very new to the general stock , he has contributed ( especially by the help of his ...
... respect ; and we may gladly compound , for their sakes , with foibles which belong to the common chances of humanity . If Johnson has added nothing very new to the general stock , he has contributed ( especially by the help of his ...
Page 271
... respects . It is well observed by the editor of the Autobiography ( in reply to the doubts thrown on his lordship's veracity respect- ing his chivalrous propensities , the consequences of which always fell short of duels ) , that much ...
... respects . It is well observed by the editor of the Autobiography ( in reply to the doubts thrown on his lordship's veracity respect- ing his chivalrous propensities , the consequences of which always fell short of duels ) , that much ...
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