Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and MenJ. Murray, 1820 - 302 էջ |
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... language of the speaker . It is rarely that men of some emi- nence themselves have shown that true sensibility for genius , as to write down what can only confer fame on another ; although our own literature is di- stinguished above ...
... language of the speaker . It is rarely that men of some emi- nence themselves have shown that true sensibility for genius , as to write down what can only confer fame on another ; although our own literature is di- stinguished above ...
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... languages . I followed every where as my fancy led me , and was like a boy gathering flowers in the woods and fields , just as they fall in his way ; and these five or six years I still look upon as the happiest part of my life . - The ...
... languages . I followed every where as my fancy led me , and was like a boy gathering flowers in the woods and fields , just as they fall in his way ; and these five or six years I still look upon as the happiest part of my life . - The ...
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... language . Mr. Wortley was the only person to whom I communicated my design ; and he en- couraged me in it . I used to study five or six hours a day for two years , in my father's library , and so got that language whilst every body ...
... language . Mr. Wortley was the only person to whom I communicated my design ; and he en- couraged me in it . I used to study five or six hours a day for two years , in my father's library , and so got that language whilst every body ...
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... languages till nine- teen or twenty . — The same . Considering how very little I had when I came from school , I think I may be said to have taught myself Latin , as well as French or Greek , and in all three my chief way of The ...
... languages till nine- teen or twenty . — The same . Considering how very little I had when I came from school , I think I may be said to have taught myself Latin , as well as French or Greek , and in all three my chief way of The ...
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... same . It was our family priest † who taught me figures , accidence , and first part of the grammar . If it had not been for that , I * 1703. M. + Bannister . should never have got any language ; for I never 52 SPENCE'S ANECDOTES.
... same . It was our family priest † who taught me figures , accidence , and first part of the grammar . If it had not been for that , I * 1703. M. + Bannister . should never have got any language ; for I never 52 SPENCE'S ANECDOTES.
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