The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... Literary Pursuits of Merchants : -Solon ; Guys ; Dudley North ; Ricardo , CHAPTER X. Literary Pursuits of Booksellers and Printers : -Ges- ner ; Aldus Manutius , Paul , and Aldus the Youn- ger ; R. Stephens ; H. Stephens ; Scapula ; Co ...
... Literary Pursuits of Merchants : -Solon ; Guys ; Dudley North ; Ricardo , CHAPTER X. Literary Pursuits of Booksellers and Printers : -Ges- ner ; Aldus Manutius , Paul , and Aldus the Youn- ger ; R. Stephens ; H. Stephens ; Scapula ; Co ...
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... Literary Pursuits in other Trades : — Guttenberg ; Faust ; Ged ; Senefelder ; Walton ; Defoe ; Lillo , American Editor's NOTE . Self - Government , CHAPTER XII . Self - educated men continued : -Ferguson . Influence of Accident in ...
... Literary Pursuits in other Trades : — Guttenberg ; Faust ; Ged ; Senefelder ; Walton ; Defoe ; Lillo , American Editor's NOTE . Self - Government , CHAPTER XII . Self - educated men continued : -Ferguson . Influence of Accident in ...
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... literary education ; and it was fortunate for the world that he was at this period of his life furnished with the means of following the course of his inclination . He had another godfather , who was a clergyman in the neighborhood ...
... literary education ; and it was fortunate for the world that he was at this period of his life furnished with the means of following the course of his inclination . He had another godfather , who was a clergyman in the neighborhood ...
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... 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 had given him . It is gratifying ...
... 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 had given him . It is gratifying ...
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... literary dignities in his own country , was only a simple fisherman . Young Lomono- soff had great difficulty in acquiring as much education as enabled him to read and write ; and it was only by running away from his father's house ...
... literary dignities in his own country , was only a simple fisherman . Young Lomono- soff had great difficulty in acquiring as much education as enabled him to read and write ; and it was only by running away from his father's house ...
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