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... chief enjoyment of my holidays was to escape with a chosen * A name assumed by Alexander Cruden , best known as the author of the Con- cordance . He published The Adventures of Alexander the Corrector in 1754 and 1755 ( Laing ) . friend ...
... chief enjoyment of my holidays was to escape with a chosen * A name assumed by Alexander Cruden , best known as the author of the Con- cordance . He published The Adventures of Alexander the Corrector in 1754 and 1755 ( Laing ) . friend ...
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... O , shame and grief ! To use some worse than murd'ring thief , Their very gentleman and chief , Unhumanly ! Like Popish tortures , I belief , Such cruelty . Ev'n what was act on open stage At Carlisle , xxviii PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
... O , shame and grief ! To use some worse than murd'ring thief , Their very gentleman and chief , Unhumanly ! Like Popish tortures , I belief , Such cruelty . Ev'n what was act on open stage At Carlisle , xxviii PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
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... chief care of his preceptor was to prevent him , as a sportsman would phrase it , from over- running his game that is from acquiring his knowledge in a slight , flimsy , and inadequate manner . And here the in- structor had to combat ...
... chief care of his preceptor was to prevent him , as a sportsman would phrase it , from over- running his game that is from acquiring his knowledge in a slight , flimsy , and inadequate manner . And here the in- structor had to combat ...
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... chief favorites ; and from those of Brantôme and De la Noue he learned to compare the wild and loose , yet supersti- tious , character of the nobles of the League with the stern , rigid , and somewhat turbulent disposition of the ...
... chief favorites ; and from those of Brantôme and De la Noue he learned to compare the wild and loose , yet supersti- tious , character of the nobles of the League with the stern , rigid , and somewhat turbulent disposition of the ...
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... chief pleasure of his own youth- ful days . But although Edward eagerly carried the gun for one season , yet when practice had given him some dexterity , the pastime ceased to afford him amusement . In the succeeding spring , the ...
... chief pleasure of his own youth- ful days . But although Edward eagerly carried the gun for one season , yet when practice had given him some dexterity , the pastime ceased to afford him amusement . In the succeeding spring , the ...
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