The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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... turned his thoughts to the work of transmutation . A projector generally unites those qualities which have the fairest claim to veneration ; extent of knowl- edge , and greatness of design ; it was said of Cati- line , immoderata ...
... turned his thoughts to the work of transmutation . A projector generally unites those qualities which have the fairest claim to veneration ; extent of knowl- edge , and greatness of design ; it was said of Cati- line , immoderata ...
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... turning the Nile into the Red Sea . Those who have attempted much have seldom failed to perform more than those who never deviate from the common roads of action ; many valuable preparations of chemistry are supposed to have arisen from ...
... turning the Nile into the Red Sea . Those who have attempted much have seldom failed to perform more than those who never deviate from the common roads of action ; many valuable preparations of chemistry are supposed to have arisen from ...
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... turning to the princes who stood round him : To - morrow , ' said he , ' I will grant the request which you have so often repeated , and place a beauty upon my throne , by whom I may transmit my do- VOL . XXI . 6 minion to posterity ...
... turning to the princes who stood round him : To - morrow , ' said he , ' I will grant the request which you have so often repeated , and place a beauty upon my throne , by whom I may transmit my do- VOL . XXI . 6 minion to posterity ...
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... turned her brain . " Next to her is a dramatic writer , whose comedy having been justly damned , he began to vent his spleen against the public , by weekly abuses of the present age ; but as neither the play nor his defences of it were ...
... turned her brain . " Next to her is a dramatic writer , whose comedy having been justly damned , he began to vent his spleen against the public , by weekly abuses of the present age ; but as neither the play nor his defences of it were ...
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... turned the head of the next unfortunate prisoner . She had for a long time passed for fifteen years younger than she was , and her lively behaviour and airy dress concurred to help forward the imposition ; till one evening , being ...
... turned the head of the next unfortunate prisoner . She had for a long time passed for fifteen years younger than she was , and her lively behaviour and airy dress concurred to help forward the imposition ; till one evening , being ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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