Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and ReadingBell & Daldy, 1859 - 256 páginas |
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... to indispose us for conversing ourselves , but to make the general conversation of others insipid . ON the whole , the pleasantest subjects of conver- sation 14 LIFE AND BOOKS . the worst, the new acquaintance and his faults can ...
... to indispose us for conversing ourselves , but to make the general conversation of others insipid . ON the whole , the pleasantest subjects of conver- sation 14 LIFE AND BOOKS . the worst, the new acquaintance and his faults can ...
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Or, Records of Thought and Reading John Frederick Boyes. ON the whole , the pleasantest subjects of conver- sation are those , respecting which we are neither excessively well informed , nor ... whole, the pleasantest subjects of conver- ...
Or, Records of Thought and Reading John Frederick Boyes. ON the whole , the pleasantest subjects of conver- sation are those , respecting which we are neither excessively well informed , nor ... whole, the pleasantest subjects of conver- ...
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... whole time of his abode at the University , generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study " ( Walton's Life of Hammond ) . Bishop Burnet , eleven hours . But But these were not men likely to dream over their work . On the child's ...
... whole time of his abode at the University , generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study " ( Walton's Life of Hammond ) . Bishop Burnet , eleven hours . But But these were not men likely to dream over their work . On the child's ...
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... whole , they produce a greater amount of im- provement in art , science , and society , than would be effected by progress directed by sincere taste and cool judgment , advancing slowly and equably in every direction , no matter what ...
... whole , they produce a greater amount of im- provement in art , science , and society , than would be effected by progress directed by sincere taste and cool judgment , advancing slowly and equably in every direction , no matter what ...
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... whole system of every being , and the rudiments of all the parts . The vegetable or the animal grows in bulk , and in- creases in strength , but is the same from the first . " This would seem to imply an equable growth ; on the contrary ...
... whole system of every being , and the rudiments of all the parts . The vegetable or the animal grows in bulk , and in- creases in strength , but is the same from the first . " This would seem to imply an equable growth ; on the contrary ...
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