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Page 177
... Haik learning . " " No , " said I , " all I know of the learning of the Haiks is their translation of the Bible ... Esop , the most acute and clever of all our moral writers - his philosophy • • " I will have nothing to do with him , I 3 ...
... Haik learning . " " No , " said I , " all I know of the learning of the Haiks is their translation of the Bible ... Esop , the most acute and clever of all our moral writers - his philosophy • • " I will have nothing to do with him , I 3 ...
Page 180
... Haik Esop ; but the remembrance of the cuffs which I had seen him bestow upon the Moldavian , when glancing over his shoulder into the ledger or whatever it was on which he was employed , imme- diately drove the inclination from my mind ...
... Haik Esop ; but the remembrance of the cuffs which I had seen him bestow upon the Moldavian , when glancing over his shoulder into the ledger or whatever it was on which he was employed , imme- diately drove the inclination from my mind ...
Page 181
... Haik Esop , under the superintendence What should I do ? -enlist as a soldier ? of ten Armenians , than be a private soldier in Ch . XX . ] 181 STRONG ENOUGH .
... Haik Esop , under the superintendence What should I do ? -enlist as a soldier ? of ten Armenians , than be a private soldier in Ch . XX . ] 181 STRONG ENOUGH .
Page 188
... Haik language , or who ever offered me money to render into English the fables of Z . . . . in the hope of astonishing the stock - jobbers of the Exchange with the wisdom of the Haik Esop . But he was fond of money , very fond . Within ...
... Haik language , or who ever offered me money to render into English the fables of Z . . . . in the hope of astonishing the stock - jobbers of the Exchange with the wisdom of the Haik Esop . But he was fond of money , very fond . Within ...
Page 193
... Haik Esop , which he had still a lurking desire that I should execute ; but I had invariably declined the undertaking , with- out , however , stating my reasons . On one occasion , when we had been conversing on the subject , the ...
... Haik Esop , which he had still a lurking desire that I should execute ; but I had invariably declined the undertaking , with- out , however , stating my reasons . On one occasion , when we had been conversing on the subject , the ...
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