The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties. Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Nattali and Bond, 1860 |
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... obtaining more correct data , he repeated his calculation , and found it terminate in the very result he had formerly anticipated . The triumph and delight of that moment can hardly be conceived , when he saw at last that the mighty dis ...
... obtaining more correct data , he repeated his calculation , and found it terminate in the very result he had formerly anticipated . The triumph and delight of that moment can hardly be conceived , when he saw at last that the mighty dis ...
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... use . At last he obtained the situation of tutor to the son of one of the citizens ; and this for a short time rendered his condition more comfortable . But the period was come when , if he was to 26 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
... use . At last he obtained the situation of tutor to the son of one of the citizens ; and this for a short time rendered his condition more comfortable . But the period was come when , if he was to 26 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
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... obtained from the courtier was a few vague promises , which ended in nothing . He was obliged eventually , after having sold his books , to accept the place of copyist in the library of the Count de Bruhl , at the miserable annual ...
... obtained from the courtier was a few vague promises , which ended in nothing . He was obliged eventually , after having sold his books , to accept the place of copyist in the library of the Count de Bruhl , at the miserable annual ...
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... obtain his freedom , he retired to a small hut ; and , when he was barely able to procure the necessaries of life , devoted himself to the study of philosophy . A treatise of this writer was one of the ... obtained his liberty , his master ,
... obtain his freedom , he retired to a small hut ; and , when he was barely able to procure the necessaries of life , devoted himself to the study of philosophy . A treatise of this writer was one of the ... obtained his liberty , his master ,
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George Lillie Craik. before he had obtained his liberty , his master , who was a very brutal man , chose one day to amuse himself by twisting the leg of the slave . " You will break it for me , " remarked Epictetus ; and immediately ...
George Lillie Craik. before he had obtained his liberty , his master , who was a very brutal man , chose one day to amuse himself by twisting the leg of the slave . " You will break it for me , " remarked Epictetus ; and immediately ...
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