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Page 61
... sometimes depressed him like actual illness . He translated and revised so carefully , he corrected so many errors and added so many foot- notes , that his industry actually devoured its own wages ; and his eight dollars gradually ...
... sometimes depressed him like actual illness . He translated and revised so carefully , he corrected so many errors and added so many foot- notes , that his industry actually devoured its own wages ; and his eight dollars gradually ...
Page 63
... sometimes refer with a slight degree of merriment . In general , he was no joker , no anecdotist , and had but a feeble ap- preciation of droll sayings or humorous matters of any kind . But in Greenwich he heard a memorable phrase ...
... sometimes refer with a slight degree of merriment . In general , he was no joker , no anecdotist , and had but a feeble ap- preciation of droll sayings or humorous matters of any kind . But in Greenwich he heard a memorable phrase ...
Page 66
... sometimes necessary to the welfare of nations , as sickness and sorrow plainly are to that of individuals ; although , to his moral sense , the human authors of this scourge were no more admirable than the devis- ers of any private ...
... sometimes necessary to the welfare of nations , as sickness and sorrow plainly are to that of individuals ; although , to his moral sense , the human authors of this scourge were no more admirable than the devis- ers of any private ...
Page 75
... sometimes filled her soul with the spirit of revolt and unrest . In her bluff uncle's house all were kind , and one , at least , was fond . Her Cousin Bessie , gay and tender heart , had found the southern exposure of her na- ture , and ...
... sometimes filled her soul with the spirit of revolt and unrest . In her bluff uncle's house all were kind , and one , at least , was fond . Her Cousin Bessie , gay and tender heart , had found the southern exposure of her na- ture , and ...
Page 104
... sometimes will com- mit , threw him upon his own resources , — and that then , having townsmen , perhaps fellow - students and playfellows , among the actors in London , and having used his pen , as we may be sure he had , for other ...
... sometimes will com- mit , threw him upon his own resources , — and that then , having townsmen , perhaps fellow - students and playfellows , among the actors in London , and having used his pen , as we may be sure he had , for other ...
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