The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... poor weaver , with a large family , for whom his best exertions were often unable to provide bread . In the Memoirs of his own Life , ' Heyne says , " Want was the earliest companion of my childhood . I well remember the painful ...
... poor weaver , with a large family , for whom his best exertions were often unable to provide bread . In the Memoirs of his own Life , ' Heyne says , " Want was the earliest companion of my childhood . I well remember the painful ...
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... poor and destitute as ever . In this extremity , a copy of Latin verses which he had written , having attracted the attention of one of the Saxon ministers , he was induced , by the advice of his friends , to set out for the court at ...
... poor and destitute as ever . In this extremity , a copy of Latin verses which he had written , having attracted the attention of one of the Saxon ministers , he was induced , by the advice of his friends , to set out for the court at ...
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... poor , indeed , that the wind hav- ing blown aside his mantle one day when he happened to be present at one of the public shows , his fellow - citizens perceived that he had no tunic , or undergarment , and gave him one . He was always ...
... poor , indeed , that the wind hav- ing blown aside his mantle one day when he happened to be present at one of the public shows , his fellow - citizens perceived that he had no tunic , or undergarment , and gave him one . He was always ...
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... 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 some petty fault , he resolved to leave his native ...
... 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 some petty fault , he resolved to leave his native ...
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... poor cow - herd , Forster , who was a lawyer , entered into conversation with him , and was so much struck by his information and intelligence , that he both supplied him with a number of books and maps , and instructed him in the ...
... poor cow - herd , Forster , who was a lawyer , entered into conversation with him , and was so much struck by his information and intelligence , that he both supplied him with a number of books and maps , and instructed him in the ...
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