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" Shall I, who even in the morning of my days sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain, shall I, now my evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame... "
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge - Page 104
1839
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Sketches of eminent medical men

Sketches - Medical scientists - 1799 - 204 pages
...him to leave Gloucestershire. " Shall I," he writes in reply, " who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the...hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame ? Admitting it as a certainty that I obtain both,- what stock shall I add to my little fund of happiness...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1827 - 640 pages
...be the result of your practice." " Shall I," replied Jenner. " who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the...hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame .' Admitting it as a certainty, that I obtain both, what stock should I add to my little fund of happiness...
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The Georgian Era: Military and naval commanders. Judges and barristers ...

Great Britain - 1833 - 600 pages
...is selected : " Shall I, who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered patbs of life, — the valley, and not the mountain ; —...hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame .' Admitting it as a certainty, that I obtain both, what stock should I add to my little fund of happiness?...
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The Georgian Era: Military and naval commanders. Judges and barristers ...

Great Britain - 1833 - 646 pages
...recommendation, the following passage is selected : " Shall I, who, even in the morning of my days, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, —...mountain; — shall I, now my evening is fast approaching, bold mysrif upas an object for fortune and for fame T Admitting it as a certainty, that I obtain both,...
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The Farmer's Magazine

Agriculture - 1861 - 610 pages
...and not ambition, actuated all his labours, and he clung with affection to hia native town, loving the lowly and sequestered paths of life — the valley, and not the mountains : with wishes easily satisfied, he did not wish to hold himself up as an object for fortune...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volumes 13-14

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 1000 pages
...benevolence, rather than ambition, had been the motive which actuated all his labours. ' Shall I,' he says in a letter to a friend, ' who, even in the morning...last day of his life, which terminated suddenly in 1823, he was occupied in the most anxious labours to diffuse th« advantages of his discovery both...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volumes 13-14

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 1004 pages
...benevolence, rather than ambition, had been the motive which actuated all his labours. ' Shall I,' he says in a letter to a friend, 'who, even in the morning...the last day of his life, which terminated suddenly m 1823, he was occupied in the most anxious labours to diffuse the advantages of his discovery both...
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The Penny Cyclopędia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 13

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 526 pages
...benevolence, rather than ambition, had been the motive which actuated all his labours. ' Shall I,' he says in a letter to a friend, 'who, even in the morning...gratify my wishes.' Till the last day of his life, which terrmnaled suddenly in 1823, he was occupied in the most anxious labours to diffuse the advantages...
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The Penny Cyclopędia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 13

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 518 pages
...friend, ' who, even in the morning of my life, sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the Talley and not the mountain — shall I, now my evening is...last day of his life, which terminated suddenly in 1823, he was occupied in the most anxious labours to diffuse the advantages of his discovery both at...
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The penny cyclopędia [ed. by G. Long]., Volume 13

Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1839 - 524 pages
...benevolence, rather than ambition, had been the motive which actuated all his labours. ' Shall I,' he says in a letter to a friend, ' who, even in the morning...and not the mountain — shall I, now my evening is last approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame ? My fortune, with what flows...
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