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... acquaintance , except by his most pro- minent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and it may be easily imagined how much of this little knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a ...
... acquaintance , except by his most pro- minent and observable particularities , and the grosser features of his mind ; and it may be easily imagined how much of this little knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a ...
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... acquaintance with books was great , and what he did not immediately know , he could , at least , tell where to find . Such was his ampli- tude of learning , and such his copiousness of communica- tion , that it may be doubted whether a ...
... acquaintance with books was great , and what he did not immediately know , he could , at least , tell where to find . Such was his ampli- tude of learning , and such his copiousness of communica- tion , that it may be doubted whether a ...
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... acquainted , waited upon a lady in this neighbourhood , who at part- ing presented him the branch . He shewed it me ... acquaintance of Porter , whom I bought my cloaths of . ' If you intend to convince this obstinate woman , and to ...
... acquainted , waited upon a lady in this neighbourhood , who at part- ing presented him the branch . He shewed it me ... acquaintance of Porter , whom I bought my cloaths of . ' If you intend to convince this obstinate woman , and to ...
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... acquaintance with life , as cannot be contemplated without wonder , when we consider that he was then only in his twenty - ninth year , and had yet been so little in the busy haunts of men . ' 6 Yet , while we admire the poetical ...
... acquaintance with life , as cannot be contemplated without wonder , when we consider that he was then only in his twenty - ninth year , and had yet been so little in the busy haunts of men . ' 6 Yet , while we admire the poetical ...
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... acquainted with this , to judge whether you are not fitter to be an Irish Evidence , than to be an Irish Peer . - I ... acquaintance , softened into an engaging easiness of manners . ' How highly Johnson admired him for that knowledge ...
... acquainted with this , to judge whether you are not fitter to be an Irish Evidence , than to be an Irish Peer . - I ... acquaintance , softened into an engaging easiness of manners . ' How highly Johnson admired him for that knowledge ...
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