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Page 163
... Calvin's complete dismay . How could Harriet so well love this fat and palpitating professor , nine years her senior , who seems so unattractive to us now ? Leaving aside the fact that Harriet's ideal was the man of God ( and Calvin ...
... Calvin's complete dismay . How could Harriet so well love this fat and palpitating professor , nine years her senior , who seems so unattractive to us now ? Leaving aside the fact that Harriet's ideal was the man of God ( and Calvin ...
Page 164
... Calvin's repertory . Even from the platform in England Calvin threw out his quaint solecisms ; and British audiences , to whom the speaker must have been as refreshing as a Hottentot , seemed to enjoy his Yankee expressions as much as ...
... Calvin's repertory . Even from the platform in England Calvin threw out his quaint solecisms ; and British audiences , to whom the speaker must have been as refreshing as a Hottentot , seemed to enjoy his Yankee expressions as much as ...
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... Calvin brought with him a medicine better than wavebaths and douches- the offer of a post on the Bowdoin College faculty , at Brunswick , Maine . Not much of a post , either - the poorest at Bowdoin in point of salary . Even for Calvin ...
... Calvin brought with him a medicine better than wavebaths and douches- the offer of a post on the Bowdoin College faculty , at Brunswick , Maine . Not much of a post , either - the poorest at Bowdoin in point of salary . Even for Calvin ...
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