The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... PHILOSOPHY • " " 99 IV . FROGS AND FREE TRADE THE SONGS OF ITALY : CHAPTER I. 29 II . THE SONGS OF HORACE : DECADE THE FIRST SECOND 29 THIRD FOURTH FIFTH Illustration 62 Illustration 102 Two Illustrations 131 Illustration 162 164 ...
... PHILOSOPHY • " " 99 IV . FROGS AND FREE TRADE THE SONGS OF ITALY : CHAPTER I. 29 II . THE SONGS OF HORACE : DECADE THE FIRST SECOND 29 THIRD FOURTH FIFTH Illustration 62 Illustration 102 Two Illustrations 131 Illustration 162 164 ...
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... all Arcadia breathes from yonder box ! " In this prolific age , when the most unlettered dolt can find a mare's nest in the domain of philosophy , why should not we also cry , Eugnauev ! How much of 30 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
... all Arcadia breathes from yonder box ! " In this prolific age , when the most unlettered dolt can find a mare's nest in the domain of philosophy , why should not we also cry , Eugnauev ! How much of 30 FATHER PROUT'S RELIQUES .
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... philosophical , at the same time that it is minute and playful ; having no parallel unless we liken it to the proboscis of an elephant , that can with equal ease shift an obelisk and crack a nut . Nor did he confine himself to prose ...
... philosophical , at the same time that it is minute and playful ; having no parallel unless we liken it to the proboscis of an elephant , that can with equal ease shift an obelisk and crack a nut . Nor did he confine himself to prose ...
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... philosophy ; and there is still some hope left for the Muses haunts , when he of Abbotsford blushes not to visit the castle , the stone , and the groves of Blarney . Nor is he unsupported in the indulgence of this classic A PLEA FOR ...
... philosophy ; and there is still some hope left for the Muses haunts , when he of Abbotsford blushes not to visit the castle , the stone , and the groves of Blarney . Nor is he unsupported in the indulgence of this classic A PLEA FOR ...
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... philosophy . But why do I spend my time in depicting a man so well known as Dick Dowden ? Who has not heard of Dick Dowden ? I pity the wretch to whom his name and merits are un- known ; for he argues himself a dunce that knows not Dow ...
... philosophy . But why do I spend my time in depicting a man so well known as Dick Dowden ? Who has not heard of Dick Dowden ? I pity the wretch to whom his name and merits are un- known ; for he argues himself a dunce that knows not Dow ...
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