Advice in the pursuits of literature, containing historical, biographical, and critical remarks. Second edition |
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... course of learning and ingenious studies . " SECOND EDITION . NEW - YORK . J. K. PORTER , NO . 144 FULTON - STREET , Stereotyped by James Conner . 1832 . Entered according to the Act of Congress , January , ADVICE CHAPTER.
... course of learning and ingenious studies . " SECOND EDITION . NEW - YORK . J. K. PORTER , NO . 144 FULTON - STREET , Stereotyped by James Conner . 1832 . Entered according to the Act of Congress , January , ADVICE CHAPTER.
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... Learning - Extract from Milton - History - Biography - Eloquence -Geography - Homer - Account of his Birth and Life , supposed by Hero- dotus - His Works - Extracts , " Watch of the Trojans before the walls of Troy " -Part of the " Hymn ...
... Learning - Extract from Milton - History - Biography - Eloquence -Geography - Homer - Account of his Birth and Life , supposed by Hero- dotus - His Works - Extracts , " Watch of the Trojans before the walls of Troy " -Part of the " Hymn ...
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... learning ; they only fit the mind to receive it ; nor do they con- tain any directions for keeping the intellect sound and healthy . There is no instinct in our natures that directs us to whatever is good and wholesome , as in the honey ...
... learning ; they only fit the mind to receive it ; nor do they con- tain any directions for keeping the intellect sound and healthy . There is no instinct in our natures that directs us to whatever is good and wholesome , as in the honey ...
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... learning as well as in the alcoves of taste and beauty , as the Waverley Novels now are found not only at the toilet of the reigning belle , but in the study of the grave statesman and solemn divine . Under proper directions this may ...
... learning as well as in the alcoves of taste and beauty , as the Waverley Novels now are found not only at the toilet of the reigning belle , but in the study of the grave statesman and solemn divine . Under proper directions this may ...
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... learning of the writers , for if not the first and most voluminous of these works , certainly one of the sweetest tales of the whole of the mass is John- son's Rasselas . It was followed , after some length of time , by Godwin's St ...
... learning of the writers , for if not the first and most voluminous of these works , certainly one of the sweetest tales of the whole of the mass is John- son's Rasselas . It was followed , after some length of time , by Godwin's St ...
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