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... knowledge and exertion , by exciting his curiosity , and directing it to useful objects . To his incessant importunities for information on casual topics of conversation , which she watchfully stimulated , she constantly replied , read ...
... knowledge and exertion , by exciting his curiosity , and directing it to useful objects . To his incessant importunities for information on casual topics of conversation , which she watchfully stimulated , she constantly replied , read ...
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... knowledge of his native tongue . At Michaelmas , 1753 , in the close of his seventh year , he was placed at Harrow School , of which the worthy and amiable Dr. Thackeray was then head- master . The amusements and occupations of a school ...
... knowledge of his native tongue . At Michaelmas , 1753 , in the close of his seventh year , he was placed at Harrow School , of which the worthy and amiable Dr. Thackeray was then head- master . The amusements and occupations of a school ...
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... knowledge of the rules of prosody , he composed verses in imitation of Ovid ; a task which had never been re- quired from any of the students in the lower school at Harrow . The behaviour of the master to Jones made an im- pression on ...
... knowledge of the rules of prosody , he composed verses in imitation of Ovid ; a task which had never been re- quired from any of the students in the lower school at Harrow . The behaviour of the master to Jones made an im- pression on ...
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... with which his studies had latterly been pursued , left him no reason to regret the disadvantages under which he had at first laboured . His improvement in the knowledge of prosody was truly extraordinary ; he 18 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... with which his studies had latterly been pursued , left him no reason to regret the disadvantages under which he had at first laboured . His improvement in the knowledge of prosody was truly extraordinary ; he 18 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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... knowledge was so unlimited , that he frequently devoted whole nights to study , taking coffee or tea as an antidote to drowsiness ; and his im- provement , by these extraordinary exertions , was so rapid , that he soon became the prime ...
... knowledge was so unlimited , that he frequently devoted whole nights to study , taking coffee or tea as an antidote to drowsiness ; and his im- provement , by these extraordinary exertions , was so rapid , that he soon became the prime ...
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