A Course of English Reading: Adapted to Every Taste and Capacity: with Literary AnecdotesLongman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1850 - 294 стор. |
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... facts , succession of kings , wars and peace , and the like , which even children learn from their little books . I was so long over Hume , that I forgot the first part before I had read the last . " " And if you had only read the ...
... facts , succession of kings , wars and peace , and the like , which even children learn from their little books . I was so long over Hume , that I forgot the first part before I had read the last . " " And if you had only read the ...
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... facts , or question his conclusions ; and who also observed the next day , he " only wished men would not worry their friends in the evening with what they had read without understanding the very same morning . " How true is the obser ...
... facts , or question his conclusions ; and who also observed the next day , he " only wished men would not worry their friends in the evening with what they had read without understanding the very same morning . " How true is the obser ...
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... facts . Secondly , observations on facts . As to the facts , he did not want to know tho- roughly all the minutiæ mentioned in the books above mentioned - a perfect knowledge of a very small portion would satisfy him for the present ; a ...
... facts . Secondly , observations on facts . As to the facts , he did not want to know tho- roughly all the minutiæ mentioned in the books above mentioned - a perfect knowledge of a very small portion would satisfy him for the present ; a ...
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... facts alone , and most observations passed by as already known , he saw that cumbrous volumes would in effect be considerably reduced in size , and asked , " Is this the reason I see you with a book on your favourite subject , turning ...
... facts alone , and most observations passed by as already known , he saw that cumbrous volumes would in effect be considerably reduced in size , and asked , " Is this the reason I see you with a book on your favourite subject , turning ...
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... facts ; do as I did some years since , in idle time , by the sea- side : I took Miller's History of Great Britain from George II . to George IV . ( published 1834 , by Jones , Finsbury Square ) , one double - columned volume of 400 ...
... facts ; do as I did some years since , in idle time , by the sea- side : I took Miller's History of Great Britain from George II . to George IV . ( published 1834 , by Jones , Finsbury Square ) , one double - columned volume of 400 ...
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