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... character in the world , and himself the greatest accountant in it . " Yet John was not without his hobby . The fiddle relieved his vacant hours . He sang , certainly , with other notes than to the Orphean lyre . He did , in- deed ...
... character in the world , and himself the greatest accountant in it . " Yet John was not without his hobby . The fiddle relieved his vacant hours . He sang , certainly , with other notes than to the Orphean lyre . He did , in- deed ...
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... that I was never happier , than in them . The Upper and the Lower Grammar Schools were held in the same room ; and an imaginary line only divided their bounds . Their character was as different as that of the inhab- 36 CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
... that I was never happier , than in them . The Upper and the Lower Grammar Schools were held in the same room ; and an imaginary line only divided their bounds . Their character was as different as that of the inhab- 36 CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
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Charles Lamb. Their character was as different as that of the inhab- itants on the two sides of the Pyrenees . The Rev. James Boyer was the Upper Master ; but the Rev. Matthew Field presided over that portion of the apart- ment of which ...
Charles Lamb. Their character was as different as that of the inhab- itants on the two sides of the Pyrenees . The Rev. James Boyer was the Upper Master ; but the Rev. Matthew Field presided over that portion of the apart- ment of which ...
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... character not likely to let slip the sacred observance of any old institution ; and the ringing out of the Old Year was kept by them with circumstances of peculiar ceremony . In those days the sound of those midnight chimes , though it ...
... character not likely to let slip the sacred observance of any old institution ; and the ringing out of the Old Year was kept by them with circumstances of peculiar ceremony . In those days the sound of those midnight chimes , though it ...
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... character and talents , " ( so he was pleased to say , " but had not given himself much thought about the degree of my personal pretensions . " The misconception staggered me , but did not seem much to disconcert him . Persons of this ...
... character and talents , " ( so he was pleased to say , " but had not given himself much thought about the degree of my personal pretensions . " The misconception staggered me , but did not seem much to disconcert him . Persons of this ...
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