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Page vi
... 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 life , in India , is chiefly supplied from my own recollection ...
... 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 life , in India , is chiefly supplied from my own recollection ...
Page x
... wish to transfer my own feelings to the minds of my readers ; but whilst I distrust my own efforts , I am equally anxious to guard against extravagant expectations in them , and any want of discernment in myself . TEIGNMOUTH . M. S. ...
... wish to transfer my own feelings to the minds of my readers ; but whilst I distrust my own efforts , I am equally anxious to guard against extravagant expectations in them , and any want of discernment in myself . TEIGNMOUTH . M. S. ...
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... wish I had not ; for I might have applied it to better use than I have . If this gives you any pleasure , I shall be glad of it ; if not , commit it to the flames ; and believe me to be with truth and sincerity , & c . LEWIS MORRIS ...
... wish I had not ; for I might have applied it to better use than I have . If this gives you any pleasure , I shall be glad of it ; if not , commit it to the flames ; and believe me to be with truth and sincerity , & c . LEWIS MORRIS ...
Page 12
... wish much to get published in some of the foreign journals ; and since a better account of this book cannot be given , I suppose it will not be difficult to get it done . Now , this great task being done , I hope you will think of ...
... wish much to get published in some of the foreign journals ; and since a better account of this book cannot be given , I suppose it will not be difficult to get it done . Now , this great task being done , I hope you will think of ...
Page 13
... wish to teach ; and such was her talent of instruction , and his facility of retaining it , that in his fourth year he was able to read , distinctly and rapidly , any English book . She particularly attended at the same time to the ...
... wish to teach ; and such was her talent of instruction , and his facility of retaining it , that in his fourth year he was able to read , distinctly and rapidly , any English book . She particularly attended at the same time to the ...
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