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Such a monster of a govern- ment has seldom or never been known on earth . A blessed Revolution , a blessed Revolution , indeed ! -but farmers , me- chanics , and laborers had no share in it . We are the asses who pay .
Such a monster of a govern- ment has seldom or never been known on earth . A blessed Revolution , a blessed Revolution , indeed ! -but farmers , me- chanics , and laborers had no share in it . We are the asses who pay .
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They never ap- ply the knife except for the most despe- rate operations . But where hard words were so plenty , blows could not fail . Du- els were frequent , cudgellings not uncom- mon , -- although as yet the Senate - Cham- ber had ...
They never ap- ply the knife except for the most despe- rate operations . But where hard words were so plenty , blows could not fail . Du- els were frequent , cudgellings not uncom- mon , -- although as yet the Senate - Cham- ber had ...
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... is never destroyed ; it rarely rests . Oxy- gen , for instance , the most important con- stituent of our atmosphere , is the combin- ing element of all things , the medium of communication between the kingdoms of Nature , the agent ...
... is never destroyed ; it rarely rests . Oxy- gen , for instance , the most important con- stituent of our atmosphere , is the combin- ing element of all things , the medium of communication between the kingdoms of Nature , the agent ...
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Never mind , my poor fellow ; I be- long up here . I'll take the sheets and send ' em round to all the other papers that are open . Never mind ; you take that , and go right home to your moth- er . " " Thank you , Sir , " said the ...
Never mind , my poor fellow ; I be- long up here . I'll take the sheets and send ' em round to all the other papers that are open . Never mind ; you take that , and go right home to your moth- er . " " Thank you , Sir , " said the ...
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Never fear ; I'll be bound , a boy that can say No like yours is perfectly safe anywhere ; and as to Laura , why , Madam , I never heard of an angel getting into difficulty in the wick- edest of worlds . " was , used to say some of the ...
Never fear ; I'll be bound , a boy that can say No like yours is perfectly safe anywhere ; and as to Laura , why , Madam , I never heard of an angel getting into difficulty in the wick- edest of worlds . " was , used to say some of the ...
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