Jerningham; or, The inconsistent man [by sir J.W. Kaye]. |
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I might tell him what Pascal was in his young days , -what Chatterton , what the admirable Crichton ; the latter of whom lived but two - and - twenty years on the earth , and the former scarcely eighteen . I might tell him that Percy ...
I might tell him what Pascal was in his young days , -what Chatterton , what the admirable Crichton ; the latter of whom lived but two - and - twenty years on the earth , and the former scarcely eighteen . I might tell him that Percy ...
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... the heart - breaking advice which a certain crabbed and envious critic once tendered to an ambitious student , - " Whenever you have written a sentence which you think particularly excellent , be careful , young man , to 6 JERNINGHAM .
... the heart - breaking advice which a certain crabbed and envious critic once tendered to an ambitious student , - " Whenever you have written a sentence which you think particularly excellent , be careful , young man , to 6 JERNINGHAM .
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Curiosity in most young people is a stronger feeling than modesty :it certainly was so in me ; for the conversation which I have just recorded put to flight my constitutional shyness . I raised my eyes , and looked about me ; I took a ...
Curiosity in most young people is a stronger feeling than modesty :it certainly was so in me ; for the conversation which I have just recorded put to flight my constitutional shyness . I raised my eyes , and looked about me ; I took a ...
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... which the young student seriously applied himself , was the one , of all others , the most likely to delude a young and enthusiastic understanding , - a work full of eloquent sophistries and plausible untruths , the emptiness of ...
... which the young student seriously applied himself , was the one , of all others , the most likely to delude a young and enthusiastic understanding , - a work full of eloquent sophistries and plausible untruths , the emptiness of ...
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The young student read and was staggered ; but very far was he from being convinced . A new light had burst in upon his brain ; and many things undreamt of before rose up on the arena of his consciousness . He resolved to inquire more ...
The young student read and was staggered ; but very far was he from being convinced . A new light had burst in upon his brain ; and many things undreamt of before rose up on the arena of his consciousness . He resolved to inquire more ...
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Jerningham; or, The inconsistent man [by sir J.W. Kaye]. sir John William Kaye Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1836 |
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