The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].Wells and Lilly, 1830 - Всего страниц: 3 |
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... learned by some person or other , without the aid of an instructor . This is the first consideration for all those who aspire , in the present day , to be their own instructors in any branch of science or literature . Furnished as ...
... learned by some person or other , without the aid of an instructor . This is the first consideration for all those who aspire , in the present day , to be their own instructors in any branch of science or literature . Furnished as ...
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... a wealthy neighbour , to read and write . Having learned every thing comprised in the usual course of the school , he felt a strong desire to learn Latin . A VOL . III . 3 son of the schoolmaster , who had studied at Leipsic HEYNE . 25.
... a wealthy neighbour , to read and write . Having learned every thing comprised in the usual course of the school , he felt a strong desire to learn Latin . A VOL . III . 3 son of the schoolmaster , who had studied at Leipsic HEYNE . 25.
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... learned . The stimulus that incessantly spurred him on was the feeling of the humiliation of his condi- tion - the shame with which he shrunk from the thought of that degradation which the want of a good education would impose upon him ...
... learned . The stimulus that incessantly spurred him on was the feeling of the humiliation of his condi- tion - the shame with which he shrunk from the thought of that degradation which the want of a good education would impose upon him ...
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... for which he was paid twenty crowns . For a learned and excellent edition which he prepared of the Latin poet Tibullus , he received , in successive payments , one hundred crowns , with which 28 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
... for which he was paid twenty crowns . For a learned and excellent edition which he prepared of the Latin poet Tibullus , he received , in successive payments , one hundred crowns , with which 28 THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE .
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... learned education , was at last obliged , from age and ill health , to retire to an hospital , where he was , in his turn , supported for several years in part by the hard labours of his son , who , aided by the kindness of his ...
... learned education , was at last obliged , from age and ill health , to retire to an hospital , where he was , in his turn , supported for several years in part by the hard labours of his son , who , aided by the kindness of his ...
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