The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke, Том 1D. Appleton, 1850 - 375 страница |
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... mind the best lessons . She was a member of the Church of England , a faith from which her son never long departed . On her bended knees , with him by her side , she repeated day after day the prayers and collects of that admirable ...
... mind the best lessons . She was a member of the Church of England , a faith from which her son never long departed . On her bended knees , with him by her side , she repeated day after day the prayers and collects of that admirable ...
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... mind , young as he was , craved after ethereal food , and there he found the richest repast . The first book that fell in his way was Voltaire's History of Charles XII . of Sweden . An admirable writer on education has said , that ...
... mind , young as he was , craved after ethereal food , and there he found the richest repast . The first book that fell in his way was Voltaire's History of Charles XII . of Sweden . An admirable writer on education has said , that ...
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... minds ; and they ever afterwards retained a lively recol- lection of their wisdom and truth . When riding over the ... mind that it governed his future life . He was confident it saved him from many errors . He never did part from 18 ...
... minds ; and they ever afterwards retained a lively recol- lection of their wisdom and truth . When riding over the ... mind that it governed his future life . He was confident it saved him from many errors . He never did part from 18 ...
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... mind's eye around for such a " trusty feese , " and could light only on Tazewell ( who , God be praised , is here ) , and you may judge how we met . " In the spring of 1784 , after he had been in Williamsburg a little more than one year ...
... mind's eye around for such a " trusty feese , " and could light only on Tazewell ( who , God be praised , is here ) , and you may judge how we met . " In the spring of 1784 , after he had been in Williamsburg a little more than one year ...
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... mind naturally reverted to his dear mother , who understood and never forsook him ; he wrote thus to a friend : " I am a fatalist . I am all but friendless . Only one human being ever knew me . She only knew me . " That human being was ...
... mind naturally reverted to his dear mother , who understood and never forsook him ; he wrote thus to a friend : " I am a fatalist . I am all but friendless . Only one human being ever knew me . She only knew me . " That human being was ...
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