An Old Man's Thoughts about Many ThingsBell and Daldy, 1862 - 261 strán (strany) |
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... proved , the whole ending in something which contradicts the beginning ; periods much longer than this but not near so clear , for this is written in good plain English , while the periods which I am TO MY READERS . 5.
... proved , the whole ending in something which contradicts the beginning ; periods much longer than this but not near so clear , for this is written in good plain English , while the periods which I am TO MY READERS . 5.
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George Long. good plain English , while the periods which I am abusing are written in a piebald language , English , Greek , Latin , and French ; French by the way more frequently wrong than right ; Italian , on the increase since the ...
George Long. good plain English , while the periods which I am abusing are written in a piebald language , English , Greek , Latin , and French ; French by the way more frequently wrong than right ; Italian , on the increase since the ...
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... plain reason that I would not have mine con- founded with these impudent impostors . My book is not big , nor an abridgment nor a summary , nor an imitation , nor anything else . It is what it is , and those are the shortest words in ...
... plain reason that I would not have mine con- founded with these impudent impostors . My book is not big , nor an abridgment nor a summary , nor an imitation , nor anything else . It is what it is , and those are the shortest words in ...
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... plain and simple , but not dull , and the matter will be such as concerns everybody , and therefore everybody who is wise will buy the book . The subject I will explain in a few lines , for being much tired with writing this long ...
... plain and simple , but not dull , and the matter will be such as concerns everybody , and therefore everybody who is wise will buy the book . The subject I will explain in a few lines , for being much tired with writing this long ...
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... plain that I am speaking in a finite sense , as a writer and somewhat of a reader , and that I do not mean to say that there have not been cycles in which men neither wrote nor read ; and I could imagine a state of things in which we ...
... plain that I am speaking in a finite sense , as a writer and somewhat of a reader , and that I do not mean to say that there have not been cycles in which men neither wrote nor read ; and I could imagine a state of things in which we ...
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