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... contains , one drop of which suffices to kill a cat . How many drops of prussic acid , we wonder , would kill a man ? Certainly very few ; but we do not for that reason refuse to eat almonds , from which prussic acid is extracted . If ...
... contains , one drop of which suffices to kill a cat . How many drops of prussic acid , we wonder , would kill a man ? Certainly very few ; but we do not for that reason refuse to eat almonds , from which prussic acid is extracted . If ...
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... contain on subjects which people not only do not joke about , but do not even allude to in decent English society . On the other hand , La Dame aux Camélias was , in a certain way , quite entitled to a hearing , being infinitely ...
... contain on subjects which people not only do not joke about , but do not even allude to in decent English society . On the other hand , La Dame aux Camélias was , in a certain way , quite entitled to a hearing , being infinitely ...
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... contains some original correspondence from the elder Pitt , Nelson , Castle- reagh , Canning , and others , which give it value . Personal Narrative of Two Years ' Imprisonment in Burmah ; by Henry Gouger . ( Murray . ) The sufferings ...
... contains some original correspondence from the elder Pitt , Nelson , Castle- reagh , Canning , and others , which give it value . Personal Narrative of Two Years ' Imprisonment in Burmah ; by Henry Gouger . ( Murray . ) The sufferings ...
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... containing much that is far too crude to be respectable except in conversation , and much more at vari- ance with good taste even as conversation ; still , the ideas are not hackneyed , and the tone of the stories is less commonplace ...
... containing much that is far too crude to be respectable except in conversation , and much more at vari- ance with good taste even as conversation ; still , the ideas are not hackneyed , and the tone of the stories is less commonplace ...
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... containing descriptions not too minute , and criticisms not too abstruse , upon a subject with which none who speak the English tongue can ever tire - Shakespeare and his belongings . The author has intended , according to his own ...
... containing descriptions not too minute , and criticisms not too abstruse , upon a subject with which none who speak the English tongue can ever tire - Shakespeare and his belongings . The author has intended , according to his own ...
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Стр. 179 - A History of England, from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1603-1642.
Стр. 83 - ... with their reflections and observations upon every piece of intelligence that is sent us from abroad. The text is given us by one set of writers, and the comment by another. But notwithstanding we have the same tale told us in so many different papers, and, if occasion requires, in so many articles of the same paper ; notwithstanding, in a scarcity of foreign posts, we hear the same story repeated by different...
Стр. 193 - to my end.' His end was worthy of his life. His intellect was not for a moment clouded. His fortitude was the more admirable because he was not willing to die. He had very lately said to one of those whom he most loved, ' You know that I never feared death ; there have been times when I should have wished it, but, now that this great new prospect is opening before me, I do wish to stay here a little longer.
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Стр. 193 - He ordered several of them to be called in, and exerted himself to take leave of them with a few kind and cheerful words. Among the English who were admitted to his bedside were Devonshire and Ormond. But there were in the crowd those who felt as no...
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