Life, Letters, and Diaries of Sir Stafford Northcote, First Earl of IddesleighW. Blackwood, 1891 - 413 páginas |
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... harmony as singular as amiable and admirable . His suc- cess was due to the simple habit of keeping himself at his best , not for reward , but for the sake of his country , and his duty . His biographer , in all the mass.
... harmony as singular as amiable and admirable . His suc- cess was due to the simple habit of keeping himself at his best , not for reward , but for the sake of his country , and his duty . His biographer , in all the mass.
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Andrew Lang. his duty . His biographer , in all the mass of letters and diaries , has found no single touch nor trace of eagerness for his own advancement , of envy , of jealousy , of dis- pleasure at the triumph of another , or of glory ...
Andrew Lang. his duty . His biographer , in all the mass of letters and diaries , has found no single touch nor trace of eagerness for his own advancement , of envy , of jealousy , of dis- pleasure at the triumph of another , or of glory ...
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... duty , and carrying profession of kindness , it shall either abroad purchase praise , or be covered at least with some courteous excuse . " And , as the old trans- lator renders his author , " if there be any place for the ghosts of ...
... duty , and carrying profession of kindness , it shall either abroad purchase praise , or be covered at least with some courteous excuse . " And , as the old trans- lator renders his author , " if there be any place for the ghosts of ...
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... duty , in a practical sense . He is described as " personally a great charmer " ; and he had the habit , not over common in schoolmasters , of regarding the freaks of schoolboy spirits as absurdities rather than as high crimes and ...
... duty , in a practical sense . He is described as " personally a great charmer " ; and he had the habit , not over common in schoolmasters , of regarding the freaks of schoolboy spirits as absurdities rather than as high crimes and ...
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... duty in so painful a way . I rejoice to tell you that my exertions have not been in vain . He is an altered creature , and now I really think so much to be depended on for constancy and energy , as he was before the unresisting victim ...
... duty in so painful a way . I rejoice to tell you that my exertions have not been in vain . He is an altered creature , and now I really think so much to be depended on for constancy and energy , as he was before the unresisting victim ...
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