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[ ENGLISH FICTION]
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| ... the presence of their Mothers and Nurses -- and to learn the vocabulary and idiom of science. Already methinks I discern a weakness in the grasp of mathematical truth at the present time as compared with the more robust intellect of our ancestors three hundred years ago. I say nothing of ... |
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[ AMERICAN]
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| ... him, a place as elevator-boy (160) was secured. This he was unable to keep, and then one situation after another slipped through his grasp, until a typhoid fever which he developed at the age of fifteen, seemed to explain his apathy. After a long illness and a poor recovery, ... |
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[ FICTION]
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| ... at "Doc" in sheer amazement, stunned by the audacity of his suggestion. "Baz" Leonard and Miss Wheatley! It took several moments for them to grasp the Napoleonic immensity of the proposition. "Well, be jiggered!" said Mr. Hufty. "How did you come to think of anything like that?" "Is 'Baz' goin' ... |
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[ DRAMA]
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| ... ancient belonged; Thou hast cherished thy suppliant man; the slayer, the God forsaken, The bane of a parent, by craft from out of our grasp thou hast taken; A god, thou hast stolen from us the avengers a matricide son And who shall consider thy deed and say, It is ... |
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[ DRAMA]
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| ... full of grace, the while With loyal league they honour Pallas' town. And now farewell, thou and thy city's folk Firm be thine arms' grasp, closing with thy foes, And, strong to save, bring victory to thy spear. (ORESTES and APOLLO depart.) CHORUS (chanting) Woe on you, younger gods! the ... |
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[ IN SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES]
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| ... very much, I only touched it gently." "That was just why it stung you," said his Mother. "The next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you." Whatever you do, do with all ... |
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[ OTHER LITERATURES]
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| ... and painfully with its own internal transformation, therefore it tries to monopolize the attention and energies of the society. It tries to keep its grasp other spheres and actors of society, because it feels to be too weak to grant them autonomy. In such a way, the politics with its ... |
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[ FICTION]
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| ... ball?" demanded Phil angrily, as he seized Jonas by the collar and shook him. "You let me alone!" said Jonas, struggling ineffectually in his grasp. "Answer me! What made you throw that snowball?" demanded Phil, in a tone that showed he did not intend to be trifled with. "Because I ... |
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[ FICTION]
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| ... were compressed into this narrow gorge. They dashed up around the rock. The spray was tossed in his face. Already he felt their inexorable grasp. Death seemed so near that hope left him. He fell upon his knees with his hands clasped, and his white face upturned. Just then a ... |
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[ FICTION]
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| ... applied the sponge to his nose. When he realized that foul play was meditated, he began to struggle, but he was in a firm grasp, and the chloroform was already beginning to do its work. His head began to swim, and he was speedily in a state of insensibility. When ... |
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[ FICTION]
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| ... suggestion seemed marked by extraordinary wisdom, and he grasped Paul roughly by the arm. "You needn't hold me," said our hero, shaking off the grasp. "I haven't any intention of running away. I want to find out, if I can, what has become of the man that swindled me." James ... |
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