James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... seem to have contributed much to the order of her establishment , as well as to the every - day happiness of a cheer- ful home . She is described as having been a person above common in many respects , of a fine womanly presence ...
... seem to have contributed much to the order of her establishment , as well as to the every - day happiness of a cheer- ful home . She is described as having been a person above common in many respects , of a fine womanly presence ...
Page 15
... seems to have divined the latent powers smoldering within . Latin and Greek classics moved him not , for his mind was stored with more entrancing classics learned at his mother's knee : his heroes were of nobler mould than the Greek ...
... seems to have divined the latent powers smoldering within . Latin and Greek classics moved him not , for his mind was stored with more entrancing classics learned at his mother's knee : his heroes were of nobler mould than the Greek ...
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... seems to have resembled Sir Walter , " who spoke to every man he " met as if he were a brother " -as indeed he was - one of the many fine traits of that noble , wholesome char- acter . These two foremost Scots , each supreme in ...
... seems to have resembled Sir Walter , " who spoke to every man he " met as if he were a brother " -as indeed he was - one of the many fine traits of that noble , wholesome char- acter . These two foremost Scots , each supreme in ...
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... seem to have had many social traits in com- mon , and both that fine faculty of attracting others . The only " sport " of the youth was angling , “ the " most fitting practice for quiet men and lovers of " peace , " the " Brothers of ...
... seem to have had many social traits in com- mon , and both that fine faculty of attracting others . The only " sport " of the youth was angling , “ the " most fitting practice for quiet men and lovers of " peace , " the " Brothers of ...
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... seems a grave mistake for parents not to educate their sons in the region of home , or in later years in colleges and universities of their own land , so that early friendships may not be broken , but grow closer with the years . Watt ...
... seems a grave mistake for parents not to educate their sons in the region of home , or in later years in colleges and universities of their own land , so that early friendships may not be broken , but grow closer with the years . Watt ...
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