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... period , I have frequently availed myself of his own words . I wish , indeed , that I could have used them exclusively ; but the paper is not altogether in a form to admit of publication . The account of the last twelve years of his ...
... period , I have frequently availed myself of his own words . I wish , indeed , that I could have used them exclusively ; but the paper is not altogether in a form to admit of publication . The account of the last twelve years of his ...
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... period of mature judgment he considered the passage as equal in sublimity to any in the inspired writers , and far superior to any that could be produced from mere human compositions ; and he was fond of retracing and mentioning the ...
... period of mature judgment he considered the passage as equal in sublimity to any in the inspired writers , and far superior to any that could be produced from mere human compositions ; and he was fond of retracing and mentioning the ...
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... period of his confinement was not suffered to pass in indolence ; his mother was his constant companion , and amused him daily with the perusal of such English books as she deemed adapted to his taste and capacity . The juve- nile poems ...
... period of his confinement was not suffered to pass in indolence ; his mother was his constant companion , and amused him daily with the perusal of such English books as she deemed adapted to his taste and capacity . The juve- nile poems ...
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... period , the following anecdote is a remarkable instance . His school - fellows proposed to amuse themselves with the representation of a play ; and , at his recommendation , they fixed upon the Tempest . As it was not readily to be ...
... period , the following anecdote is a remarkable instance . His school - fellows proposed to amuse themselves with the representation of a play ; and , at his recommendation , they fixed upon the Tempest . As it was not readily to be ...
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... period . I " loved him and revered him , and though one or two years older than he was , was always instructed by him from my earliest age . " In a word , I can only say of this amiable and wonderful man , that " he had more virtues ...
... period . I " loved him and revered him , and though one or two years older than he was , was always instructed by him from my earliest age . " In a word , I can only say of this amiable and wonderful man , that " he had more virtues ...
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