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... wrote several books himself . We are told that , like his forefathers , he was a man of goodly presence . 6 From time to time Helen went to Airbless to visit her aunt and sister , and there , amongst the occasional guests , she met ...
... wrote several books himself . We are told that , like his forefathers , he was a man of goodly presence . 6 From time to time Helen went to Airbless to visit her aunt and sister , and there , amongst the occasional guests , she met ...
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... wrote when he was about eight years old- John is all consideration . He is possessed of a good deal of the milk of human kindness . He is rapid in all his movements and methodical to a fault . Nothing that can be done to - day is put ...
... wrote when he was about eight years old- John is all consideration . He is possessed of a good deal of the milk of human kindness . He is rapid in all his movements and methodical to a fault . Nothing that can be done to - day is put ...
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... wrote the Professor when his hair was white , and , to some extent , his retrospective estimate of the ten years ' old schoolboy may have weight with us . But already feathery- winged seeds of this and that great influence had floated ...
... wrote the Professor when his hair was white , and , to some extent , his retrospective estimate of the ten years ' old schoolboy may have weight with us . But already feathery- winged seeds of this and that great influence had floated ...
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... wrote an essay on Conception " which the Professor rated highly . At the close of his second session , when the inner turmoil had begun to abate , he took the third prize in Logic . His experiences at the Moral Philosophy class were ...
... wrote an essay on Conception " which the Professor rated highly . At the close of his second session , when the inner turmoil had begun to abate , he took the third prize in Logic . His experiences at the Moral Philosophy class were ...
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... wrote an essay for Professor Wilson which gained high approbation . When the Professor returned it he said heartily , " A remarkably clever essay , a very clever essay indeed , " and for a short time this tribute pleased him ; but the ...
... wrote an essay for Professor Wilson which gained high approbation . When the Professor returned it he said heartily , " A remarkably clever essay , a very clever essay indeed , " and for a short time this tribute pleased him ; but the ...
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