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... obtained but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge , and sends ... obtain with me . Of small practice were the physician who could not judge , by what she and her sister have of long ...
... obtained but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge , and sends ... obtain with me . Of small practice were the physician who could not judge , by what she and her sister have of long ...
Page 133
... obtained by the preservation of every verse unmingled with another , as a distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme . The variety of pauses , so much boasted by the lovers of ...
... obtained by the preservation of every verse unmingled with another , as a distinct system of sounds ; and this distinctness is obtained and preserved by the artifice of rhyme . The variety of pauses , so much boasted by the lovers of ...
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... obtained a rich wife in the city . ' He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and- twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at court : and , if he ...
... obtained a rich wife in the city . ' He obtained a rich wife about the age of three - and- twenty ; an age before which few men are conspicuous much to their advantage . He was known , however , in parliament and at court : and , if he ...
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