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He opens with the declaration that he will not believe that either of the parties desires to push matters to extremes in religion and government as charged by its ene- mies ; he will not believe that the whigs are working for a ...
He opens with the declaration that he will not believe that either of the parties desires to push matters to extremes in religion and government as charged by its ene- mies ; he will not believe that the whigs are working for a ...
Page 215
I thôt to ha ' come down myself , and then I'd ha ' brôut'um ; but I han't don't , and I believe I can't do't , that's pozz.- Tom begins to g'imself airs because he's going with the plenipo's.- ' Tis said , the French King will bamboozl ...
I thôt to ha ' come down myself , and then I'd ha ' brôut'um ; but I han't don't , and I believe I can't do't , that's pozz.- Tom begins to g'imself airs because he's going with the plenipo's.- ' Tis said , the French King will bamboozl ...
Page 299
Lahontan says that savages attribute the maladies of civiliza- tion to the use of salt ; there is no salt in Houyhnhnm - land and Gulliver comes to believe that its use is harmful . The Houyhnhnms , like Lahontan's savages , believe ...
Lahontan says that savages attribute the maladies of civiliza- tion to the use of salt ; there is no salt in Houyhnhnm - land and Gulliver comes to believe that its use is harmful . The Houyhnhnms , like Lahontan's savages , believe ...
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MOOR PARK AND SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE | 10 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a | 49 |
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