My Windows on the Street of the World, Volume 1J.M. Dent & sons, limited, 1923 - 452 pages |
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... tion ; but he was fastidious about those upon whom he bestowed his time , and still more about those whom he admitted to his sanctum . My father and I used often to visit him together ; sometimes I went alone . His invariable practice ...
... tion ; but he was fastidious about those upon whom he bestowed his time , and still more about those whom he admitted to his sanctum . My father and I used often to visit him together ; sometimes I went alone . His invariable practice ...
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James Mavor. half of the eighteenth century . Writing intended for popular consump- tion had probably never sunk to so low an ebb as is to be found , for example , in the Town and Country Magazine . The change for the better made its ...
James Mavor. half of the eighteenth century . Writing intended for popular consump- tion had probably never sunk to so low an ebb as is to be found , for example , in the Town and Country Magazine . The change for the better made its ...
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... tion in my mind with punishment . I am not sure that the method is the soundest that might be chosen ; but perhaps for great dullness any other method might be quite fruitless . I think probably the effect upon me was beneficial ...
... tion in my mind with punishment . I am not sure that the method is the soundest that might be chosen ; but perhaps for great dullness any other method might be quite fruitless . I think probably the effect upon me was beneficial ...
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... tion . They subscribed liberally to the fund raised for the journey of Captain George Back in 1833-5.2 The early interest of our family circle in the Arctic regions was not confined to the explorations of the two Rosses ( Sir James ...
... tion . They subscribed liberally to the fund raised for the journey of Captain George Back in 1833-5.2 The early interest of our family circle in the Arctic regions was not confined to the explorations of the two Rosses ( Sir James ...
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... tion was to be given in Latin and that no other language was to be used during school hours . When the rule was changed does not appear ; but it must have fallen into desuetude before the end of the eighteenth century . Up till the year ...
... tion was to be given in Latin and that no other language was to be used during school hours . When the rule was changed does not appear ; but it must have fallen into desuetude before the end of the eighteenth century . Up till the year ...
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Page 117 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page 33 - In boyhood itself, however (so much less dreaded for me than youth), I loved not study, and hated to be forced to it. Yet I was forced; and this was well done towards me, but I did not well; for, unless forced, I had not learnt But no one doth well against his will, even though what he doth, be well.
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Page 163 - ... a lie ; If any man more can dote or adore, With so tender a care, I make it my prayer, My prayer and my wish, to be stewed in a dish ; To be sliced and slashed, minced and hashed ; And the offal remains that are left by the cook, Dragged out to the grave, with my own flesh-hook.
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Page 23 - Hearing St. Nicholas' bells ring out the chimes, Yet never see those proud ones swaying home With mainyards backed and bows a cream of foam, Those bows so lovely-curving, cut so fine, Those coulters of the many-bubbled brine, As once, long since, when all the docks were filled With that sea-beauty man has ceased to build. Yet, though their...