Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century: Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons; and Intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes, Volume 6author, 1831 - Authors, English |
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... master was fond of the boy , and find- ing him diligent , indulged his inclination for study , which lay wholly in arithmetic . When out of his time he ventured to open a school at Bishop's Tawton in the same county . He had not ...
... master was fond of the boy , and find- ing him diligent , indulged his inclination for study , which lay wholly in arithmetic . When out of his time he ventured to open a school at Bishop's Tawton in the same county . He had not ...
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... master , whose name was Full , though a gross and igno- rant , was not an ill - natured man , at least not to me ; and my mistress used me with unvarying kindness , moved , perhaps , by my weakness and tender years . In return I did ...
... master , whose name was Full , though a gross and igno- rant , was not an ill - natured man , at least not to me ; and my mistress used me with unvarying kindness , moved , perhaps , by my weakness and tender years . In return I did ...
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... master did not possess , nor do I recollect seeing , during the whole time of my abode with him , a single book of any description , except the Coasting Pilot . " As my lot seemed to be cast , however , I was not negligent in seeking ...
... master did not possess , nor do I recollect seeing , during the whole time of my abode with him , a single book of any description , except the Coasting Pilot . " As my lot seemed to be cast , however , I was not negligent in seeking ...
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... master ( Mr. E. Furlong ) on any extraordinary emergency . As he usually gave me a trifle on those occasions , it raised a thought in me , that by engaging with him as a regular assistant , and under- taking the instruction of a few ...
... master ( Mr. E. Furlong ) on any extraordinary emergency . As he usually gave me a trifle on those occasions , it raised a thought in me , that by engaging with him as a regular assistant , and under- taking the instruction of a few ...
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... master himself was the strangest creature ! He was a Presbyterian , whose reading was entirely confined to the small tracts published on the Exeter controversy . As these ( at least his portion of them ) were all on one side , he ...
... master himself was the strangest creature ! He was a Presbyterian , whose reading was entirely confined to the small tracts published on the Exeter controversy . As these ( at least his portion of them ) were all on one side , he ...
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