James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... less distinguished " for her sound sense and good manners than for her " cheerful temper and excellent housewifery . " Her likeness is thus drawn , and all that we have read elsewhere concerning her confirms the truth of the portrait ...
... less distinguished " for her sound sense and good manners than for her " cheerful temper and excellent housewifery . " Her likeness is thus drawn , and all that we have read elsewhere concerning her confirms the truth of the portrait ...
Page 8
... how little of the original strain of an old family remains in after days . We glance over the record of the Cecils , for instance , to find that the present Marquis has less than one four - thousandth part of the 8 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
... how little of the original strain of an old family remains in after days . We glance over the record of the Cecils , for instance , to find that the present Marquis has less than one four - thousandth part of the 8 LIFE OF JAMES WATT.
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Andrew Carnegie. has less than one four - thousandth part of the Cecil blood ; a dozen marriages have each reduced it one- half , and the recent restoration of the family to its pristine greatness in the person of the late Prime Minister ...
Andrew Carnegie. has less than one four - thousandth part of the Cecil blood ; a dozen marriages have each reduced it one- half , and the recent restoration of the family to its pristine greatness in the person of the late Prime Minister ...
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... less desire , and still less need , for inferior heroes . So the dead languages and their semi - supernatural , quarrel- some , self - seeking heroes passed in review without gaining admittance to the soul of Watt . But the spare that ...
... less desire , and still less need , for inferior heroes . So the dead languages and their semi - supernatural , quarrel- some , self - seeking heroes passed in review without gaining admittance to the soul of Watt . But the spare that ...
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... less than one - third the time required to travel from the north of Scotland to London at the time of the union . Besides , the telegraph to - day binds the parts together , keeping all citizens informed , and stirring their hearts ...
... less than one - third the time required to travel from the north of Scotland to London at the time of the union . Besides , the telegraph to - day binds the parts together , keeping all citizens informed , and stirring their hearts ...
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