John Stuart Blackie: A Biography, Volume 1W. Blackwood, 1895 |
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... began each morning's work , young Blackie soon distinguished himself . His memory was strong from the beginning , and he gained smartness by doing his lessons aloud , in his own fashion , learning Latin by the ear as well as by the mind ...
... began each morning's work , young Blackie soon distinguished himself . His memory was strong from the beginning , and he gained smartness by doing his lessons aloud , in his own fashion , learning Latin by the ear as well as by the mind ...
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... began to be a holy land for him . Books which told of her trials and resist- ance grew valuable , and we find him , as the years passed , liking books better , and in his leisure hours poring over Walter Scott's matchless stories , many ...
... began to be a holy land for him . Books which told of her trials and resist- ance grew valuable , and we find him , as the years passed , liking books better , and in his leisure hours poring over Walter Scott's matchless stories , many ...
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... began his apprenticeship . It lasted only a few months , and of this short experience we have little re- cord . In a letter to his sister Christina , who was now at an Edinburgh school and spent her holidays with the Tweedside cousins ...
... began his apprenticeship . It lasted only a few months , and of this short experience we have little re- cord . In a letter to his sister Christina , who was now at an Edinburgh school and spent her holidays with the Tweedside cousins ...
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... began patiently to visit the sick and miserable in some of the darkest dens of Edinburgh . In and out of the wynds and closes , toiling up to attics in the Cowgate , diving into cellars in the Grassmarket , he spent every leisure hour ...
... began patiently to visit the sick and miserable in some of the darkest dens of Edinburgh . In and out of the wynds and closes , toiling up to attics in the Cowgate , diving into cellars in the Grassmarket , he spent every leisure hour ...
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... began to echo to his voice . High- sounding quotations from Cicero , transposed and paraphrased , bore witness to his diligence , and orations in imitation of his favourite author were delivered in the retirement of his room , against a ...
... began to echo to his voice . High- sounding quotations from Cicero , transposed and paraphrased , bore witness to his diligence , and orations in imitation of his favourite author were delivered in the retirement of his room , against a ...
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