Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Volumen9Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1827 |
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... short Catechisms . My tutors taught the parrot to prate , my mother taught the child to feel . From her I imbibed a taste for reading almost at the breast ; and even when I was not more than four or five years old , books had more ...
... short Catechisms . My tutors taught the parrot to prate , my mother taught the child to feel . From her I imbibed a taste for reading almost at the breast ; and even when I was not more than four or five years old , books had more ...
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... short , whoever is condemned to fall into the hands of a priest , will stand a much better chance with a monk than with a superintendent . In the cloister of the Minorets ' convent , to the astonishment , the delight , and the scandal ...
... short , whoever is condemned to fall into the hands of a priest , will stand a much better chance with a monk than with a superintendent . In the cloister of the Minorets ' convent , to the astonishment , the delight , and the scandal ...
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... short and affecting little drama was performed by some children ; soft music played among the trees and shrubs , and in the even- ing the whole garden was illuminated with coloured lamps . It was the happiest day I ever experienced ...
... short and affecting little drama was performed by some children ; soft music played among the trees and shrubs , and in the even- ing the whole garden was illuminated with coloured lamps . It was the happiest day I ever experienced ...
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... short time before , some author from Vienna , I know not his name , had written a comedy , which had the good fortune to please the Czarina , and she testi- fied her approbation by making him a handsome present . I therefore expected ...
... short time before , some author from Vienna , I know not his name , had written a comedy , which had the good fortune to please the Czarina , and she testi- fied her approbation by making him a handsome present . I therefore expected ...
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... short , the collecting of materials for it , was the source of abundant instruc- tion to my mind . Never , therefore , shall I repent the unwearied diligence with which this idea was for awhile pursued , nor the numberless hours spent ...
... short , the collecting of materials for it , was the source of abundant instruc- tion to my mind . Never , therefore , shall I repent the unwearied diligence with which this idea was for awhile pursued , nor the numberless hours spent ...
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Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volumen9 Vista completa - 1830 |
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