The British Essayists: GuardianAlexander Chalmers C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - English essays |
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... VIRG . EN . vii . 5 . That lies beneath the knife , - Looks up , and from her butcher begs her life . But if our sports are destructive , our gluttony is more so , and in a more inhuman manner . Lobsters roasted alive , pigs whipt to ...
... VIRG . EN . vii . 5 . That lies beneath the knife , - Looks up , and from her butcher begs her life . But if our sports are destructive , our gluttony is more so , and in a more inhuman manner . Lobsters roasted alive , pigs whipt to ...
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... VIRG . GEORG . ii . 458 . Too happy , if they knew their happy state . UPON the late election of king's scholars , my cu- riosity drew me to Westminster - school . The sight of a place where I had not been for many years , re- vived in ...
... VIRG . GEORG . ii . 458 . Too happy , if they knew their happy state . UPON the late election of king's scholars , my cu- riosity drew me to Westminster - school . The sight of a place where I had not been for many years , re- vived in ...
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... VIRG . GEORG . iv . 3 . I AM told by several persons whom I have taken into my ward * , that it is to their great damage I have digressed so much of late from the natural course of my precautions . They have addressed and petitioned me ...
... VIRG . GEORG . iv . 3 . I AM told by several persons whom I have taken into my ward * , that it is to their great damage I have digressed so much of late from the natural course of my precautions . They have addressed and petitioned me ...
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... VIRG . N. i . 15 . I have found by experience , that it is impossible to talk distinctly without defining the words of which we make use . There is not a term in our language which wants explanation so much as the word Church . One ...
... VIRG . N. i . 15 . I have found by experience , that it is impossible to talk distinctly without defining the words of which we make use . There is not a term in our language which wants explanation so much as the word Church . One ...
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... VIRG . GEORG . iii . 142 . SIL . ITAL . When in their flight the champain they have snatch'd , No track is left behind . " It is indeed , the boldest and noblest of images for swiftness ; nor have I met with any thing that comes so near ...
... VIRG . GEORG . iii . 142 . SIL . ITAL . When in their flight the champain they have snatch'd , No track is left behind . " It is indeed , the boldest and noblest of images for swiftness ; nor have I met with any thing that comes so near ...
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