The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... acquired it . Such pleasures , in truth , are the only ones that admit of being indefinitely multiplied . The enjoyments of sense , to say nothing of their comparatively short endurance , their certainty to pall upon repetition , and ...
... acquired it . Such pleasures , in truth , are the only ones that admit of being indefinitely multiplied . The enjoyments of sense , to say nothing of their comparatively short endurance , their certainty to pall upon repetition , and ...
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... to a child's school in the suburbs of the small town of Chemnitz , in Saxony , where they lived ; and he soon exhibited an uncommon desire of acquiring information . He made so rapid a progress in 39 32 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
... to a child's school in the suburbs of the small town of Chemnitz , in Saxony , where they lived ; and he soon exhibited an uncommon desire of acquiring information . He made so rapid a progress in 39 32 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
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Illustrated by Anecdotes George Lillie Craik Francis Wayland. acquiring information . He made so rapid a progress in the humble branches of knowledge taught in the school , that , before he had completed his tenth year , he was paying a ...
Illustrated by Anecdotes George Lillie Craik Francis Wayland. acquiring information . He made so rapid a progress in the humble branches of knowledge taught in the school , that , before he had completed his tenth year , he was paying a ...
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... acquired a high place among the literary men of the day . He never forgot , however , either of his early benefactors , or departed from that simplicity of character and manners which the humble nature of his origin and first fortunes ...
... acquired a high place among the literary men of the day . He never forgot , however , either of his early benefactors , or departed from that simplicity of character and manners which the humble nature of his origin and first fortunes ...
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... acquired great wealth , and having been created by the Emperor Charles V. a knight of the order of St. James , he is said to have re- peatedly changed his name , in order to hide his parentage , and to have fixed at last upon that by ...
... acquired great wealth , and having been created by the Emperor Charles V. a knight of the order of St. James , he is said to have re- peatedly changed his name , in order to hide his parentage , and to have fixed at last upon that by ...
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