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... chief enjoyment of my holidays was to escape with a chosen friend , who had * A name assumed by Alexander Cruden , best known as the author of the Concord- ance . He published The Adventures of Alexander the Corrector in 1754 and 1755 ...
... chief enjoyment of my holidays was to escape with a chosen friend , who had * A name assumed by Alexander Cruden , best known as the author of the Concord- ance . He published The Adventures of Alexander the Corrector in 1754 and 1755 ...
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... chief , Unhumanly ! Like Popish tortures , I belief , Such cruelty . Ev'n what was act on open stage At Carlisle , in the hottest rage , When mercy was clapt in a cage , And pity dead , Such cruelty approv'd by every age , I shook my ...
... chief , Unhumanly ! Like Popish tortures , I belief , Such cruelty . Ev'n what was act on open stage At Carlisle , in the hottest rage , When mercy was clapt in a cage , And pity dead , Such cruelty approv'd by every age , I shook my ...
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... chief care of his preceptor was to prevent him , as a sportsman would phrase it , from overrunning his game - that is , from acquiring his knowledge in a slight , flimsy , and inadequate manner . And here the instructor had to combat ...
... chief care of his preceptor was to prevent him , as a sportsman would phrase it , from overrunning his game - that is , from acquiring his knowledge in a slight , flimsy , and inadequate manner . And here the instructor had to combat ...
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... tournaments , were among his chief favourites ; and from those of Brantôme and De la Noue he learned to compare the wild and loose , yet superstitious , character of the nobles of the League with the stern 16 WAVERLEY NOVELS.
... tournaments , were among his chief favourites ; and from those of Brantôme and De la Noue he learned to compare the wild and loose , yet superstitious , character of the nobles of the League with the stern 16 WAVERLEY NOVELS.
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... chief pleasure of his own youthful 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 perusal ...
... chief pleasure of his own youthful 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 perusal ...
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