The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Том 3Knight, 1845 - Всего страниц: 244 |
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... ment of biography , in illustration of the force with which a passion for knowledge has often contended against the most depressing discouragements , and eventually subdued everything that would have prevented its gratification . We ...
... ment of biography , in illustration of the force with which a passion for knowledge has often contended against the most depressing discouragements , and eventually subdued everything that would have prevented its gratification . We ...
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... ment was minded but drawing on the walls with chalk and ochre . West used to assert that many of the per- formances of these juvenile amateurs were such as would have done no discredit to the students of an academy . But no one of them ...
... ment was minded but drawing on the walls with chalk and ochre . West used to assert that many of the per- formances of these juvenile amateurs were such as would have done no discredit to the students of an academy . But no one of them ...
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... ment of his acquaintance with the facts of classical history and mythology . In the midst of these studies he fell sick , and was confined , for a considerable time , to his bed - a circumstance which led to his display of a new species ...
... ment of his acquaintance with the facts of classical history and mythology . In the midst of these studies he fell sick , and was confined , for a considerable time , to his bed - a circumstance which led to his display of a new species ...
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... ment ; but somewhat more of forbearance in the expres- sion of it , and of toleration for the opposite opinion , would have savoured both of charity and of wisdom . From something of the same spirit of opposition and contumacy , he ...
... ment ; but somewhat more of forbearance in the expres- sion of it , and of toleration for the opposite opinion , would have savoured both of charity and of wisdom . From something of the same spirit of opposition and contumacy , he ...
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... ment was unexpectedly wanted for the Signora's table , modelled for the purpose a lion in butter , which excited such admiration that the artist was immediately inquired after , and orders given that he should be brought for- ward . But ...
... ment was unexpectedly wanted for the Signora's table , modelled for the purpose a lion in butter , which excited such admiration that the artist was immediately inquired after , and orders given that he should be brought for- ward . But ...
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