The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... of faith , odon And bends the knee in prayer , inn Be this the language of his heart , 18 bodo never will despair . ' , ed , bolnot ban dapu 18w it ov paid to stel MAIN LIB The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties / Craik.
... of faith , odon And bends the knee in prayer , inn Be this the language of his heart , 18 bodo never will despair . ' , ed , bolnot ban dapu 18w it ov paid to stel MAIN LIB The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties / Craik.
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... language , gathered it like a child . It is , indeed , most instructive to all who are anxious to engage in the pursuit of knowledge , ( and is therefore properly introductory to the general subject we are about to treat , ) to consider ...
... language , gathered it like a child . It is , indeed , most instructive to all who are anxious to engage in the pursuit of knowledge , ( and is therefore properly introductory to the general subject we are about to treat , ) to consider ...
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... language - Leibnitz himself de- scribes to us what he calls the infantine joy which this idea brought with it , when it first suggested itself to him , filling his mind , as it did , with the hope of the great dis- coveries to which it ...
... language - Leibnitz himself de- scribes to us what he calls the infantine joy which this idea brought with it , when it first suggested itself to him , filling his mind , as it did , with the hope of the great dis- coveries to which it ...
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... language , that he could paient Queen Charlotte and Duke Wil- liam , ' ( William Duke of Cumberland , ) and Mrs. Some- body's cot . ' A specimen was immediately shown me , which was rude , incorrect , and incomplete . But , when I ...
... language , that he could paient Queen Charlotte and Duke Wil- liam , ' ( William Duke of Cumberland , ) and Mrs. Some- body's cot . ' A specimen was immediately shown me , which was rude , incorrect , and incomplete . But , when I ...
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... language of Sir Everard Home ) " to expose to view the grada- tions of Nature , from the most simple state in which life is found to exist , up to the most perfect and most com- plex of the animal creation - man himself . " The extreme ...
... language of Sir Everard Home ) " to expose to view the grada- tions of Nature , from the most simple state in which life is found to exist , up to the most perfect and most com- plex of the animal creation - man himself . " The extreme ...
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