The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: English traitsHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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... Lord Chesterfield more than was neces- sary , and undervalued Burke , and undervalued Socrates ; designated as three of the greatest of men , Washington , Phocion and Timoleon , - much as our pomologists , in their lists , select the ...
... Lord Chesterfield more than was neces- sary , and undervalued Burke , and undervalued Socrates ; designated as three of the greatest of men , Washington , Phocion and Timoleon , - much as our pomologists , in their lists , select the ...
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... Lord Mayor replied that " in removing his royal presence from his lieges , they hoped he would leave them the Thames . " In the variety of surface , Britain is a minia- ture of Europe , having plain , forest , marsh , river , seashore ...
... Lord Mayor replied that " in removing his royal presence from his lieges , they hoped he would leave them the Thames . " In the variety of surface , Britain is a minia- ture of Europe , having plain , forest , marsh , river , seashore ...
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... Lords were greedy and ferocious dragoons , sons of greedy and ferocious pirates . They were all alike , they took every- thing they could carry , they burned , harried , violated , tortured and killed , until everything English was 60 ...
... Lords were greedy and ferocious dragoons , sons of greedy and ferocious pirates . They were all alike , they took every- thing they could carry , they burned , harried , violated , tortured and killed , until everything English was 60 ...
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... Lord Cathcart , at Copenhagen , took the entire Danish fleet , as it lay in the basins , and all the equipments from the Arsenal , and carried them to England . Konghelle , the town where the kings of Norway , Sweden and Den- mark were ...
... Lord Cathcart , at Copenhagen , took the entire Danish fleet , as it lay in the basins , and all the equipments from the Arsenal , and carried them to England . Konghelle , the town where the kings of Norway , Sweden and Den- mark were ...
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... Lord Collingwood , and like an innocent schoolboy that goes to bed , says " Kiss me , Hardy , " and turns to sleep . Lord Collingwood , his comrade , was of a nature the most affectionate and domestic . Admiral Rodney's figure ...
... Lord Collingwood , and like an innocent schoolboy that goes to bed , says " Kiss me , Hardy , " and turns to sleep . Lord Collingwood , his comrade , was of a nature the most affectionate and domestic . Admiral Rodney's figure ...
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