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... give way . So the " wild horses of St. Mark " went on upon their path of glory , their " necks clothed with thunder , " right up to the end of the fourteenth century , when Genoa finally sank before the indomitable will and stable ...
... give way . So the " wild horses of St. Mark " went on upon their path of glory , their " necks clothed with thunder , " right up to the end of the fourteenth century , when Genoa finally sank before the indomitable will and stable ...
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... give his poems for nothing to a publisher , or will even pay to have them brought out in the hope of gaining a pleasant reputation ; he will also , with similar motives , act for nothing in an amateur play ; but when it comes to a ...
... give his poems for nothing to a publisher , or will even pay to have them brought out in the hope of gaining a pleasant reputation ; he will also , with similar motives , act for nothing in an amateur play ; but when it comes to a ...
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... give up taking salt with his meat because it was proved to him that it did him harm , when he was conscious that it had no such effect upon him . We know how terribly un- scientific such a means of judging as we have just suggested must ...
... give up taking salt with his meat because it was proved to him that it did him harm , when he was conscious that it had no such effect upon him . We know how terribly un- scientific such a means of judging as we have just suggested must ...
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... gives a very ingenious explanation of the fable of Prometheus and the vulture . The fire that Prometheus has stolen is alcohol , which , like a vulture , gnaws into his liver . Balzac , in his " Traité des Excitants Modernes , " assures ...
... gives a very ingenious explanation of the fable of Prometheus and the vulture . The fire that Prometheus has stolen is alcohol , which , like a vulture , gnaws into his liver . Balzac , in his " Traité des Excitants Modernes , " assures ...
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... the attrac- tions of other vices just as enervating and destructive . Those who abstain from one particular vice through motives of prudence alone , 3 may yet give themselves up to another which they Cigars and Tobacco . 31.
... the attrac- tions of other vices just as enervating and destructive . Those who abstain from one particular vice through motives of prudence alone , 3 may yet give themselves up to another which they Cigars and Tobacco . 31.
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