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... labours as of the greatest use to the Society , and to the good cause , having the greatest confidence in his sound principles , and a very high opinion of his talents . " This interesting discussion was continued between Mr. Brougham ...
... labours as of the greatest use to the Society , and to the good cause , having the greatest confidence in his sound principles , and a very high opinion of his talents . " This interesting discussion was continued between Mr. Brougham ...
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... labours as usual . " I draw water , " he was wont to say , " and do any other sort of work which presents itself , that I may give myself up to philosophy without being a burden to any one . " He was so poor , indeed , that , the wind ...
... labours as usual . " I draw water , " he was wont to say , " and do any other sort of work which presents itself , that I may give myself up to philosophy without being a burden to any one . " He was so poor , indeed , that , the wind ...
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... labours of his son , who , aided by the kindness of his professors , contrived to keep himself at college chiefly by teaching some of his younger or less advanced fellow - students . BARTHOLOMEW ARNIGIO , an Italian poet of the ...
... labours of his son , who , aided by the kindness of his professors , contrived to keep himself at college chiefly by teaching some of his younger or less advanced fellow - students . BARTHOLOMEW ARNIGIO , an Italian poet of the ...
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... labours ; an offer which Duval gladly accepted . Here he had an opportunity of reading a few books , chiefly devotional . After some time he was sent with a letter of recommendation from his master to another hermitage , or religious ...
... labours ; an offer which Duval gladly accepted . Here he had an opportunity of reading a few books , chiefly devotional . After some time he was sent with a letter of recommendation from his master to another hermitage , or religious ...
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... labours from eightpence or a shilling to a guinea a - day . Actuated by this motive , I instantly presented him with pencils , colours , and canvas , to which I added a few instructions . " After some time , the Doctor adds , his pupil ...
... labours from eightpence or a shilling to a guinea a - day . Actuated by this motive , I instantly presented him with pencils , colours , and canvas , to which I added a few instructions . " After some time , the Doctor adds , his pupil ...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties [By G.L. Craik]. Continuation George Lillie Craik Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 150 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
Seite 92 - Come when it will, is equal to the need: —He who, though thus endued as with a sense And faculty for storm and turbulence, Is yet a Soul whose master-bias leans To home-felt pleasures and to gentle scenes; Sweet images! which, wheresoe'er he be, Are at his heart; and such fidelity It is his darling passion to approve; More brave for this, that he hath much to love...
Seite 545 - Is. 6d. per vol. Naval and Military Heroes of Great Britain ; or, Calendar of Victory. Being a Record of British Valour and Conquest by Sea and Land, on every day In the year, from the time of William the Conqueror to the Battle of Inkermann. By Major JOHNS, RM, and Lieutenant PH NICOLAS, RM. Twenty-four Par
Seite 56 - That what the greatest and choicest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews of old did for their country, I in my proportion with this over and above of being a Christian, might do for mine : not caring to be once named abroad, though perhaps I could attain to that, but content with these British Islands as my world...
Seite 200 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Seite 150 - He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I was surprised at the quantity, but took it, and, having no room in my pockets, walked off with a roll under each arm, and eating the other.
Seite 148 - I took some of the tales and turned them into verse; and, after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again.
Seite 260 - ... who, as he was a happie imitator of Nature, was a most gentle expresser of it. His mind and hand went together; and what he thought, he uttered with that easinesse that wee have scarse received from him a blot in his papers.