Miscellanies, Volumen2Macmillan, 1863 |
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... merely questionable , but ludicrous . Started , so wicked wags affirm , by a few old bachelors , who , having no children themselves , bore a grudge against their ' recklessly - multiplying ' neighbours for having any - it was suspected ...
... merely questionable , but ludicrous . Started , so wicked wags affirm , by a few old bachelors , who , having no children themselves , bore a grudge against their ' recklessly - multiplying ' neighbours for having any - it was suspected ...
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... , and learning , they would have long ago erased expressions which , though uttered merely in joke , should never have been uttered at all . more ) this fragmentary relic of the observations of a 6 MANSFIELD'S PARAGUAY , BRAZIL ,
... , and learning , they would have long ago erased expressions which , though uttered merely in joke , should never have been uttered at all . more ) this fragmentary relic of the observations of a 6 MANSFIELD'S PARAGUAY , BRAZIL ,
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... merely æsthetic as they may seem at first sight ; and Mr. Mansfield notes a most practical want when he says ( as all do who know much of the Tropics ) : - I suppose there is scarcely any one here who values the glorious imagery of the ...
... merely æsthetic as they may seem at first sight ; and Mr. Mansfield notes a most practical want when he says ( as all do who know much of the Tropics ) : - I suppose there is scarcely any one here who values the glorious imagery of the ...
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... merely in the soil and climate , but in the people themselves , excited in him lofty hopes , which alas ! were brought to a sudden end by his untimely death and the colonization of Paraguay , his darling scheme , must now be the work of ...
... merely in the soil and climate , but in the people themselves , excited in him lofty hopes , which alas ! were brought to a sudden end by his untimely death and the colonization of Paraguay , his darling scheme , must now be the work of ...
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... merely of scientific or industrial hints , but of the impressions of the moment about every conceivable matter , dashed off with a careless , but a graceful pen . Mr. Mansfield's extraordinary variety of information made him as good a ...
... merely of scientific or industrial hints , but of the impressions of the moment about every conceivable matter , dashed off with a careless , but a graceful pen . Mr. Mansfield's extraordinary variety of information made him as good a ...
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