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... marked some failed enterprise , was the " grave of the last sixpence . " When too much praise of any genius annoyed him he professed hugely to admire the talent shown by his pig . He had spent much time and contrivance in confining the ...
... marked some failed enterprise , was the " grave of the last sixpence . " When too much praise of any genius annoyed him he professed hugely to admire the talent shown by his pig . He had spent much time and contrivance in confining the ...
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... marked , and nowhere else to be found , I fancied I could leave quite aside the choice of a tribe as his lineal progenitors . Defoe said in his wrath , " the Eng- lishman was the mud of all races . ” I incline to the belief that , as ...
... marked , and nowhere else to be found , I fancied I could leave quite aside the choice of a tribe as his lineal progenitors . Defoe said in his wrath , " the Eng- lishman was the mud of all races . ” I incline to the belief that , as ...
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... marked English types , the ruddy complexion fair and plump , robust men , with faces cut like a die , and a strong island speech and accent ; a Norman type , with the complacency that belongs to that constitution . Others who might be ...
... marked English types , the ruddy complexion fair and plump , robust men , with faces cut like a die , and a strong island speech and accent ; a Norman type , with the complacency that belongs to that constitution . Others who might be ...
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... marked and their thought much less bound . We will call them Saxons . Then the Roman has implanted his dark complexion in the trinity or quaternity of bloods . 1. The sources from which tradition derives their stock are mainly three ...
... marked and their thought much less bound . We will call them Saxons . Then the Roman has implanted his dark complexion in the trinity or quaternity of bloods . 1. The sources from which tradition derives their stock are mainly three ...
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... marked the stoutness on my first landing at Liver- pool ; porter , drayman , coachman , guard , what substantial , respectable , grandfatherly figures , with costume and manners to suit . The American has arrived 66 ENGLISH TRAITS .
... marked the stoutness on my first landing at Liver- pool ; porter , drayman , coachman , guard , what substantial , respectable , grandfatherly figures , with costume and manners to suit . The American has arrived 66 ENGLISH TRAITS .
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