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... questions of their day in a method and from points of view of which we are often reminded while reading the " Biglow Papers . " In fact , Mr. Lowell borrows his name from the Major's Letters ; - " Zekel Bigelow , Broker and Banker of ...
... questions of their day in a method and from points of view of which we are often reminded while reading the " Biglow Papers . " In fact , Mr. Lowell borrows his name from the Major's Letters ; - " Zekel Bigelow , Broker and Banker of ...
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... question entitled to take his place in the first rank , by the side of the great political satirists of ancient and modern Europe . Greece had her Aristophanes ; Rome her Juvenal ; Spain has had her Cervantes ; France her Rabelais , her ...
... question entitled to take his place in the first rank , by the side of the great political satirists of ancient and modern Europe . Greece had her Aristophanes ; Rome her Juvenal ; Spain has had her Cervantes ; France her Rabelais , her ...
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... question which can only be hinted at here ) , does not the Bible itself sanc- tion the combination by its own example ? Is there not humour mixed with the tremendous sarcasm of the old prophets - dread humour no doubt , but humour ...
... question which can only be hinted at here ) , does not the Bible itself sanc- tion the combination by its own example ? Is there not humour mixed with the tremendous sarcasm of the old prophets - dread humour no doubt , but humour ...
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... question , I will not say of war , but of readiness for war , is one of life or death - in which the temptation , always so strong , to subordinate national honour to what is supposed to be policy , is in our day for most statesmen ...
... question , I will not say of war , but of readiness for war , is one of life or death - in which the temptation , always so strong , to subordinate national honour to what is supposed to be policy , is in our day for most statesmen ...
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... question is now thoroughly recognized by the great republican party , which I trust is year by year advancing towards an assured victory . For that victory Mr. Lowell has done knight's- service by his other works , as well as by the ...
... question is now thoroughly recognized by the great republican party , which I trust is year by year advancing towards an assured victory . For that victory Mr. Lowell has done knight's- service by his other works , as well as by the ...
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Страница xvii - The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.