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Page 57
Hence he is impatient with their shortcomings and despises them in his heart. He
is, moreover, not always successful in hiding his feelings towards them; and the
result is that his contempt is answered with hatred. All this is especially true ...
Hence he is impatient with their shortcomings and despises them in his heart. He
is, moreover, not always successful in hiding his feelings towards them; and the
result is that his contempt is answered with hatred. All this is especially true ...
Page 98
I disapprove your judgment of me as more friendly than accurate; not that I
consider you unable to judge such things fitly, for you are a man of singular
prudence; nor that I think you are dissembling, since I well know the sincerity of
your heart; ...
I disapprove your judgment of me as more friendly than accurate; not that I
consider you unable to judge such things fitly, for you are a man of singular
prudence; nor that I think you are dissembling, since I well know the sincerity of
your heart; ...
Page 210
So with a light heart and a heavy purse he bade good - bye to his English friends
, and turned his face towards Italy , the goal of his aspirations for now many years
. To meet face to face the scholars and celebrated characters of that classic ...
So with a light heart and a heavy purse he bade good - bye to his English friends
, and turned his face towards Italy , the goal of his aspirations for now many years
. To meet face to face the scholars and celebrated characters of that classic ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
MONASTIC LIFE AT STEYN | 39 |
SECRETARY TO THE BISHOP OF CAMBRAI MATRICULATION | 49 |
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