The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... young - Ins STATE B UNIVERSIT OF LIBRARY Class LA 23 Book . W.3 .. v.l Acc ... IOWA . lines of gold , enoiluice engraven deep dadguods or y's living scroll ni bag and rtune's gloomy hour , TTIRU . ni en ed with torturing care , soul ...
... young - Ins STATE B UNIVERSIT OF LIBRARY Class LA 23 Book . W.3 .. v.l Acc ... IOWA . lines of gold , enoiluice engraven deep dadguods or y's living scroll ni bag and rtune's gloomy hour , TTIRU . ni en ed with torturing care , soul ...
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... young philosopher of Italy ( for he had not then reached his twentieth year ) saw at once the important ap- plications which might be made of the thought that had suggested itself to him . He took care , therefore , to ascertain ...
... young philosopher of Italy ( for he had not then reached his twentieth year ) saw at once the important ap- plications which might be made of the thought that had suggested itself to him . He took care , therefore , to ascertain ...
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... young metaphysician : and we can well conceive the delight with which such a conception must have been contemplated by a spirit like his , ardent in the pursuit both of knowledge and of distinction ; and be- holding , as it were , in ...
... young metaphysician : and we can well conceive the delight with which such a conception must have been contemplated by a spirit like his , ardent in the pursuit both of knowledge and of distinction ; and be- holding , as it were , in ...
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... young persons nevertheless determined to share each other's destiny , and they were accordingly united . By the exertions of some common friends , a retreat was procured for Heyne and his wife in the estab- lishment of a M. de Leoben ...
... young persons nevertheless determined to share each other's destiny , and they were accordingly united . By the exertions of some common friends , a retreat was procured for Heyne and his wife in the estab- lishment of a M. de Leoben ...
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... young man to unbind the load , and make it up again in the same manner : this Protagoras immediately did with great dexterity ; upon which Democritus , convinced that his talents were of a superior order , admitted him forthwith among ...
... young man to unbind the load , and make it up again in the same manner : this Protagoras immediately did with great dexterity ; upon which Democritus , convinced that his talents were of a superior order , admitted him forthwith among ...
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