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Page 171
... the reader is brought at once " in medias res , " agreeably to the Roman precept , and soon becomes interested in a ... so absorbed in thought , as almost to become identified with the mournful tranquillity that reigned around .
... the reader is brought at once " in medias res , " agreeably to the Roman precept , and soon becomes interested in a ... so absorbed in thought , as almost to become identified with the mournful tranquillity that reigned around .
Page 423
essay - writing has become little better than a scramble , it is no small matter to hit upon a tolerably unworn idea , that has not been snatched from hand to hand , and tumbled and tossed like a hank of maccaroni amongst a rising ...
essay - writing has become little better than a scramble , it is no small matter to hit upon a tolerably unworn idea , that has not been snatched from hand to hand , and tumbled and tossed like a hank of maccaroni amongst a rising ...
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The elegant iron and steel ornaments made at Berlin have now become a valuable and extending branch of commerce . " When Bonaparte took away all the gold and silver from Berlin , this handicraft business of making iron and steel ...
The elegant iron and steel ornaments made at Berlin have now become a valuable and extending branch of commerce . " When Bonaparte took away all the gold and silver from Berlin , this handicraft business of making iron and steel ...
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