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... called them forth from these two great nations , then struggling fiercely with each other for supremacy on land and sea . His wonder would not have abated had he been told that the man for whom they mourned had wrested an empire from ...
... called them forth from these two great nations , then struggling fiercely with each other for supremacy on land and sea . His wonder would not have abated had he been told that the man for whom they mourned had wrested an empire from ...
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Henry Cabot Lodge. yet his death called out a display of grief which has rarely been equalled in history . The trappings and suits of woe were there of course , but what made this mourning memorable was that the land seemed hushed with ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. yet his death called out a display of grief which has rarely been equalled in history . The trappings and suits of woe were there of course , but what made this mourning memorable was that the land seemed hushed with ...
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... called hackneyed , is on the whole the best poetry . The pictures and statues that have drawn crowds of admiring gazers for centuries are the best . The things that are " caviare to the general " often un- doubtedly have much merit ...
... called hackneyed , is on the whole the best poetry . The pictures and statues that have drawn crowds of admiring gazers for centuries are the best . The things that are " caviare to the general " often un- doubtedly have much merit ...
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... called himself , meant no harm , and there is a good deal of truth , no doubt , in his book . But the blameless and priggish boy , and the equally faultless and uninteresting man , whom he originated , have become in the process of ...
... called himself , meant no harm , and there is a good deal of truth , no doubt , in his book . But the blameless and priggish boy , and the equally faultless and uninteresting man , whom he originated , have become in the process of ...
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... called the travelling public . There were in truth no means of travelling except on foot , on horse- back , or by boat on the rivers , which formed the best and most expeditious highways . Stage - coaches , or other public conveyances ...
... called the travelling public . There were in truth no means of travelling except on foot , on horse- back , or by boat on the rivers , which formed the best and most expeditious highways . Stage - coaches , or other public conveyances ...
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