The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... afterwards clas- sified and systematized his knowledge like a philosopher , he had first , to use his own language , gathered it like a child . It is , indeed , most instructive to all who are anxious to engage in the pursuit of ...
... afterwards clas- sified and systematized his knowledge like a philosopher , he had first , to use his own language , gathered it like a child . It is , indeed , most instructive to all who are anxious to engage in the pursuit of ...
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... afterwards greatly improved his invention ; and brought it to such a state of perfec- tion , that he was in a condition to commence , by means of it , the examination of the heavens . It was then , that , to his unutterable astonishment ...
... afterwards greatly improved his invention ; and brought it to such a state of perfec- tion , that he was in a condition to commence , by means of it , the examination of the heavens . It was then , that , to his unutterable astonishment ...
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... afterwards the Emperor Joseph II . , was the son of a poor peasant of Champagne , and lost his father when he was ten years of age . He was then taken into the ser- vice of a farmer in the village ; but being soon after turned off for ...
... afterwards the Emperor Joseph II . , was the son of a poor peasant of Champagne , and lost his father when he was ten years of age . He was then taken into the ser- vice of a farmer in the village ; but being soon after turned off for ...
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... afterwards the Emperor Francis I. , to Paris , where he speedily distinguished himself , and eventually acquired a high place among the literary men of the day . He never forgot , however , either of his early benefactors , or departed ...
... afterwards the Emperor Francis I. , to Paris , where he speedily distinguished himself , and eventually acquired a high place among the literary men of the day . He never forgot , however , either of his early benefactors , or departed ...
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... afterwards gave it . It was , at least in all its wilder im- probabilities , the romance of his old age . He persisted in it , however , as long as he lived , and left it as a legacy to his son , the learned JOSEPH JUSTUS SCALIGER , who ...
... afterwards gave it . It was , at least in all its wilder im- probabilities , the romance of his old age . He persisted in it , however , as long as he lived , and left it as a legacy to his son , the learned JOSEPH JUSTUS SCALIGER , who ...
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