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Page xviii
... Sampson , ' the reader may easily suppose that a poor modest humble scholar who has won his way through the classics , yet has fallen to leeward in the voyage of life , is no uncommon personage in a country where a certain portion of ...
... Sampson , ' the reader may easily suppose that a poor modest humble scholar who has won his way through the classics , yet has fallen to leeward in the voyage of life , is no uncommon personage in a country where a certain portion of ...
Page xix
... Sampson uses to Miss Bertram , and professed his determination not to leave her . Accordingly , roused to the ... Sampson's real story , in which there is neither romantic incident nor sentimental passion ; but which , perhaps , from the ...
... Sampson uses to Miss Bertram , and professed his determination not to leave her . Accordingly , roused to the ... Sampson's real story , in which there is neither romantic incident nor sentimental passion ; but which , perhaps , from the ...
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... Sampson , commonly called , from his occupation as a pedagogue , Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cradle , an uncommon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope that ...
... Sampson , commonly called , from his occupation as a pedagogue , Dominie Sampson . He was of low birth , but having evinced , even from his cradle , an uncommon seriousness of disposition , the poor parents were encouraged to hope that ...
Page 11
... Sampson either exhibited irritability at this ill usage , or made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors . He slunk from college by the most secret paths he could dis- cover , and plunged himself into his miserable lodging ...
... Sampson either exhibited irritability at this ill usage , or made the least attempt to retort upon his tormentors . He slunk from college by the most secret paths he could dis- cover , and plunged himself into his miserable lodging ...
Page 12
... Sampson . Conversation , it is true , was out of the question , but the Dominie was a good listener , and stirred the fire with some address . He attempted even to snuff the candles , but was unsuccessful , and relinquished that ...
... Sampson . Conversation , it is true , was out of the question , but the Dominie was a good listener , and stirred the fire with some address . He attempted even to snuff the candles , but was unsuccessful , and relinquished that ...
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