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Page 16
... perhaps an unusu- ally dirty one ; and drank more brandy than was good for him . The " Age of Reason " is a shallow deistical essay , in which the author's opinions are set forth , it is true , in a most offensive and irrev- erent style ...
... perhaps an unusu- ally dirty one ; and drank more brandy than was good for him . The " Age of Reason " is a shallow deistical essay , in which the author's opinions are set forth , it is true , in a most offensive and irrev- erent style ...
Page 18
... perhaps prematurely , I must be . casting about for the subsidia senectuti . Swift wrote to Gay , that these were “ two or three servants about you and a conven- ient house " ; justly observing , that , " when a man grows hard to please ...
... perhaps prematurely , I must be . casting about for the subsidia senectuti . Swift wrote to Gay , that these were “ two or three servants about you and a conven- ient house " ; justly observing , that , " when a man grows hard to please ...
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... perhaps , do not know that their bones and other parts are made of it , and that this is the reason they must furnish it to their land ; for between the land and the farmer's bones are two or three other factories that require the same ...
... perhaps , do not know that their bones and other parts are made of it , and that this is the reason they must furnish it to their land ; for between the land and the farmer's bones are two or three other factories that require the same ...
Page 36
... boiled down to the consistence of syrup and allowed to stand , it some- times deposits a considerable amount of sand ; indeed , this is probably always pres- ent in some degree , and justifies , perhaps , 36 [ July , Rock , Tree , and Man .
... boiled down to the consistence of syrup and allowed to stand , it some- times deposits a considerable amount of sand ; indeed , this is probably always pres- ent in some degree , and justifies , perhaps , 36 [ July , Rock , Tree , and Man .
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ent in some degree , and justifies , perhaps , the occasional complaint of the grittiness of maple - sugar . But it is a native grit , and not chargeable upon the sugar - mak- ers . It is nothing less than flint , which the roots of the ...
ent in some degree , and justifies , perhaps , the occasional complaint of the grittiness of maple - sugar . But it is a native grit , and not chargeable upon the sugar - mak- ers . It is nothing less than flint , which the roots of the ...
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