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... object of your search , is un- known , though the name suggests recollections to the neighbours , who propound different theo- ries to account for her disappearance . The greatest interest is felt , the excitement is in- tense , traffic ...
... object of your search , is un- known , though the name suggests recollections to the neighbours , who propound different theo- ries to account for her disappearance . The greatest interest is felt , the excitement is in- tense , traffic ...
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... object , it is not to be wondered at if the want of edu- cation is only to be equalled by the want of educational furniture . Some of these schools changed their character early in the year , and by raising their weekly fees to tenpence ...
... object , it is not to be wondered at if the want of edu- cation is only to be equalled by the want of educational furniture . Some of these schools changed their character early in the year , and by raising their weekly fees to tenpence ...
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... object of legislation is to prevent the sale of bad education in damp premises ; if he has read the Act , he asks an infinity of questions , the answers to which he disputes . He has un- happily one great advantage over the dame ; for ...
... object of legislation is to prevent the sale of bad education in damp premises ; if he has read the Act , he asks an infinity of questions , the answers to which he disputes . He has un- happily one great advantage over the dame ; for ...
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... object of the Education Department must have been simply to put an end to education as a means of sub- sistence for the teachers , and the conditions of efficiency they required were precise enough to leave but little scope for the ...
... object of the Education Department must have been simply to put an end to education as a means of sub- sistence for the teachers , and the conditions of efficiency they required were precise enough to leave but little scope for the ...
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... object with which the French built a " mai- son des fous " was " pour persuader que ceux qui sont dehors ne le sont pas . " Some such motive must have often been at work in the pro- duction of the English house . Sometimes it has ...
... object with which the French built a " mai- son des fous " was " pour persuader que ceux qui sont dehors ne le sont pas . " Some such motive must have often been at work in the pro- duction of the English house . Sometimes it has ...
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