The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties. Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Nattali and Bond, 1860 |
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... contrive and spread the fiction ; preferring , as he would in all likelihood do , the credit of being the chosen transmitter of super- natural communications to his fellow - mortals , to that of excelling those around him in such mere ...
... contrive and spread the fiction ; preferring , as he would in all likelihood do , the credit of being the chosen transmitter of super- natural communications to his fellow - mortals , to that of excelling those around him in such mere ...
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... contrived to exist for a few years , all the while studying hard , and thinking him- self amply compensated for the hardships of his lot , by the opportunities he had of pursuing his favourite researches , in a city so rich in ...
... contrived to exist for a few years , all the while studying hard , and thinking him- self amply compensated for the hardships of his lot , by the opportunities he had of pursuing his favourite researches , in a city so rich in ...
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... contrived to keep himself at college , chiefly by teaching some of his younger or less - ad- vanced fellow - students . BARTHOLOMEW ARNIGIO , an Italian poet of the sixteenth century , of considerable genius and learning , followed his ...
... contrived to keep himself at college , chiefly by teaching some of his younger or less - ad- vanced fellow - students . BARTHOLOMEW ARNIGIO , an Italian poet of the sixteenth century , of considerable genius and learning , followed his ...
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... contrived for some time , though with much difficulty , to earn in this way a scanty subsistence for himself and his family . It was during his residence at Derby , amid the fatigues of hard and unceasing labour , and the cares and ...
... contrived for some time , though with much difficulty , to earn in this way a scanty subsistence for himself and his family . It was during his residence at Derby , amid the fatigues of hard and unceasing labour , and the cares and ...
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... contrived to make so much use of his time , from the fol- lowing interesting account of his daily occupations , which Dr. Towers , who has written a history of his reign , has collected from a variety of authorities : -- 66 It was his ...
... contrived to make so much use of his time , from the fol- lowing interesting account of his daily occupations , which Dr. Towers , who has written a history of his reign , has collected from a variety of authorities : -- 66 It was his ...
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