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... told me that Mr. Landor gives away his books and has never more than a dozen at a time in his house . Mr. Landor carries to its height the love of freak which the English delight to indulge , as if to sig nalize their commanding freedom ...
... told me that Mr. Landor gives away his books and has never more than a dozen at a time in his house . Mr. Landor carries to its height the love of freak which the English delight to indulge , as if to sig nalize their commanding freedom ...
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... told him how excellent I thought it and how much I wished to see the entire work . " Yes , " he said , " the man was a chaos of truths , but lacked the knowledge that God was a God of order . Yet the passage would no doubt strike you ...
... told him how excellent I thought it and how much I wished to see the entire work . " Yes , " he said , " the man was a chaos of truths , but lacked the knowledge that God was a God of order . Yet the passage would no doubt strike you ...
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... told me that Montague , a picture - dealer , once came to see him , and glancing towards this , said " Well , you have got a picture ! " thinking it the work of an old master ; afterwards , Montague , still talking with his back to the ...
... told me that Montague , a picture - dealer , once came to see him , and glancing towards this , said " Well , you have got a picture ! " thinking it the work of an old master ; afterwards , Montague , still talking with his back to the ...
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... told him he would find in that language what he wanted . He took despairing or satirical views of litera- ture at this moment ; recounted the incredible sums paid in one year by the great booksellers for puffing . Hence it comes that no ...
... told him he would find in that language what he wanted . He took despairing or satirical views of litera- ture at this moment ; recounted the incredible sums paid in one year by the great booksellers for puffing . Hence it comes that no ...
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... that they make political distinction the end and not the means . And I fear they lack a class of men of leisure , in short , of gentlemen , —to give a toną - of honor to the community . I am told that 22 ENGLISH TRAITS .
... that they make political distinction the end and not the means . And I fear they lack a class of men of leisure , in short , of gentlemen , —to give a toną - of honor to the community . I am told that 22 ENGLISH TRAITS .
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