William Godwin: His Friends and Contemporaries, Том 1Roberts Brothers, 1876 |
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... tion in great measure at Leyden , " under the learned Peri- zonius , " Professor of History and Greek , who died 1715 . In 1711 we find him , still quite a young man , taking fifteen pupils , who were not , however , all constant to the ...
... tion in great measure at Leyden , " under the learned Peri- zonius , " Professor of History and Greek , who died 1715 . In 1711 we find him , still quite a young man , taking fifteen pupils , who were not , however , all constant to the ...
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... tion is extremely irksome and disagreeable . Confined within a narrow pale , I survey a beautiful country , which I am forbid to enter , on the penalty of expulsion from the society . I shudder at the reflexion that for a juvenile ...
... tion is extremely irksome and disagreeable . Confined within a narrow pale , I survey a beautiful country , which I am forbid to enter , on the penalty of expulsion from the society . I shudder at the reflexion that for a juvenile ...
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... tion , that Mr Charteris goes away by his own choice with a number of other actors from Mr Kemble's company , who are going to stroll as a sharing company . I have been endeavouring to get admission into it , but have not succeeded ...
... tion , that Mr Charteris goes away by his own choice with a number of other actors from Mr Kemble's company , who are going to stroll as a sharing company . I have been endeavouring to get admission into it , but have not succeeded ...
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... tion the portion of writing accomplished each day , the books read , the persons seen , the places visited . In the earlier volumes many days , and even weeks are sometimes left without an entry , and the most full account extends to ...
... tion the portion of writing accomplished each day , the books read , the persons seen , the places visited . In the earlier volumes many days , and even weeks are sometimes left without an entry , and the most full account extends to ...
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... tion again showed itself . On Nov. 8 he broke open his father's desk , stole from it £ 40 and a pair of pistols , and set off to join a friend who was sailing for the West Indies . He was pursued to Gravesend , but there for a time all ...
... tion again showed itself . On Nov. 8 he broke open his father's desk , stole from it £ 40 and a pair of pistols , and set off to join a friend who was sailing for the West Indies . He was pursued to Gravesend , but there for a time all ...
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