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... reading was enormous , com- prehending the whole field of history and all that was best in ancient and modern literatures ; and his learning was accurate as well as wide . Nor was he satisfied , like the mere scholar , simply to absorb ...
... reading was enormous , com- prehending the whole field of history and all that was best in ancient and modern literatures ; and his learning was accurate as well as wide . Nor was he satisfied , like the mere scholar , simply to absorb ...
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... reading and writing was necessary if the use of the remaining eye was to be preserved . But he had just then undertaken his " Defence of the English People , " and this at all costs he determined to finish . " The choice lay before me ...
... reading and writing was necessary if the use of the remaining eye was to be preserved . But he had just then undertaken his " Defence of the English People , " and this at all costs he determined to finish . " The choice lay before me ...
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William Henry Hudson. reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him towards the payment of what I am ... reading , steady observation , insight into all seemly and generous acts and affairs . ” 1 Here in Milton's deeply ...
William Henry Hudson. reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him towards the payment of what I am ... reading , steady observation , insight into all seemly and generous acts and affairs . ” 1 Here in Milton's deeply ...
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On the Morning of Christs Nativity | 24 |
On his having arrived at the Age | 37 |
To the Nightingale | 43 |
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