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Page 69
... Nature , the greatest of teachers , does not judge thus : she conveys half her wisdom to us by sight , instead of by faith ; she gives her first lessons to the infant through the eye . Would Perci- val , in looking for his attentive ...
... Nature , the greatest of teachers , does not judge thus : she conveys half her wisdom to us by sight , instead of by faith ; she gives her first lessons to the infant through the eye . Would Perci- val , in looking for his attentive ...
Page 73
... Nature in everything else . That his course was fraught with happiness to himself cannot be doubted ; that it was beneficial also to his fellow - men is equal- ly true ; and though he may be judged less leniently by minds incapable of ...
... Nature in everything else . That his course was fraught with happiness to himself cannot be doubted ; that it was beneficial also to his fellow - men is equal- ly true ; and though he may be judged less leniently by minds incapable of ...
Page 81
... natural event , the result more of girlish embarrassment than of any conscious emo- tion or purpose , yet of ... nature all the more pure and fresh ! " exclaimed Mr. Lawrence Bury , with real or well - assum- ed enthusiasm ; but ...
... natural event , the result more of girlish embarrassment than of any conscious emo- tion or purpose , yet of ... nature all the more pure and fresh ! " exclaimed Mr. Lawrence Bury , with real or well - assum- ed enthusiasm ; but ...
Page 83
... nature revelled in its wildness and adventure , in its crime against the respectable conventionalities she despised . She had a keen pleasure in the very management and conceal- There was something so magnetic and contagious in this ...
... nature revelled in its wildness and adventure , in its crime against the respectable conventionalities she despised . She had a keen pleasure in the very management and conceal- There was something so magnetic and contagious in this ...
Page 110
... nature urges them to bring into play faculties according in vibration with those which another is exerting . It was as natural as possible for Burr to commence talking with the Doctor on scenes and incidents in the family of President ...
... nature urges them to bring into play faculties according in vibration with those which another is exerting . It was as natural as possible for Burr to commence talking with the Doctor on scenes and incidents in the family of President ...
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