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... correspondence more easily read than manuscript , and involving no obligation to answer . There is also the great palliative of occasional direct correspondence with those who understand our pursuits , and here we have the advantage of ...
... correspondence more easily read than manuscript , and involving no obligation to answer . There is also the great palliative of occasional direct correspondence with those who understand our pursuits , and here we have the advantage of ...
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... correspondence on my mind was that the writers had certainly used ( or abused ) the language , but that they had never condescended to learn it . These and other experiences have led me to divide progress in languages into several ...
... correspondence on my mind was that the writers had certainly used ( or abused ) the language , but that they had never condescended to learn it . These and other experiences have led me to divide progress in languages into several ...
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... Correspondence , which was published by the Camden Society in 1839. I have always been interested in this for family reasons , and also because the manuscript volume was found in the neigh- bourhood where I lived in youth ; 1 but it ...
... Correspondence , which was published by the Camden Society in 1839. I have always been interested in this for family reasons , and also because the manuscript volume was found in the neigh- bourhood where I lived in youth ; 1 but it ...
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... humble respect , 1 In Prosper Mérimée's Correspondence he gives the following as the authentic text of the letter in which Lady Florence Paget an- have disappeared , and , so far it may be X XXII . ] 305 EPISTOLARY COMMUNICATION .
... humble respect , 1 In Prosper Mérimée's Correspondence he gives the following as the authentic text of the letter in which Lady Florence Paget an- have disappeared , and , so far it may be X XXII . ] 305 EPISTOLARY COMMUNICATION .
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... correspondence by our forefathers , forms that were right in their own day , when the state of society was more ceremonious and deferential , but no one would propose to revive them . We may , however , still value and cultivate the ...
... correspondence by our forefathers , forms that were right in their own day , when the state of society was more ceremonious and deferential , but no one would propose to revive them . We may , however , still value and cultivate the ...
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