Memoir of John Veitch...W. Blackwood and sons, 1896 - 197 pages |
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... things ; when , sifted out before us , these lie open , which were never meant for our eye ; then the delicacy and strangeness of the task of giving them to others is besetting indeed . The doubt may even make itself felt as to what ...
... things ; when , sifted out before us , these lie open , which were never meant for our eye ; then the delicacy and strangeness of the task of giving them to others is besetting indeed . The doubt may even make itself felt as to what ...
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... thing subtler than mere self - consciousness or self - esteem . Untoward or novel circumstances would often bring out the one ; minds foreign to his peculiar bias would at times call up a spirit of domination , and blind both sides to ...
... thing subtler than mere self - consciousness or self - esteem . Untoward or novel circumstances would often bring out the one ; minds foreign to his peculiar bias would at times call up a spirit of domination , and blind both sides to ...
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... things of him . As his first year at the Adventure school drew to a close , John was no longer one of six , but one among a hundred and six pupils . He worked the better , how- ever , under the stimulus of numbers , and " stood well ...
... things of him . As his first year at the Adventure school drew to a close , John was no longer one of six , but one among a hundred and six pupils . He worked the better , how- ever , under the stimulus of numbers , and " stood well ...
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... things " ( ! ) , is still held in remembrance , and the faculty grew as he matured . After just two years at the " beggarly ele- ments , " he was advised by his master to begin Latin , that kind and wise friend promising help and ...
... things " ( ! ) , is still held in remembrance , and the faculty grew as he matured . After just two years at the " beggarly ele- ments , " he was advised by his master to begin Latin , that kind and wise friend promising help and ...
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... " not wondering at the ancient worship of any- thing so fair . John was marked out by his natural quali- ties as easily first at lessons among his childish He companions . Yet with them he evidently was on BIGGIESKNOWE . 19.
... " not wondering at the ancient worship of any- thing so fair . John was marked out by his natural quali- ties as easily first at lessons among his childish He companions . Yet with them he evidently was on BIGGIESKNOWE . 19.
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