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... school , first at Athlone , and afterwards at Edgeworthstown , he was removed to Trinity College , Dublin ; but , though he had by that time outgrown his early weakness , he achieved no distinction , and was contented with an ordinary ...
... school , first at Athlone , and afterwards at Edgeworthstown , he was removed to Trinity College , Dublin ; but , though he had by that time outgrown his early weakness , he achieved no distinction , and was contented with an ordinary ...
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... became an usher in a school ; then a chemist's assistant ; then he set up as a physician in South- Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning , ' c . 6 . " wark , but found that there was a prejudice against INTRODUCTION . ix.
... became an usher in a school ; then a chemist's assistant ; then he set up as a physician in South- Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning , ' c . 6 . " wark , but found that there was a prejudice against INTRODUCTION . ix.
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... school- books , they have been superseded by other works of higher pretensions and greater research . Where he was unsurpassed was in works of a more original character , in which his fancy could expatiate without the restraint imposed ...
... school- books , they have been superseded by other works of higher pretensions and greater research . Where he was unsurpassed was in works of a more original character , in which his fancy could expatiate without the restraint imposed ...
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... school as the book from which youthful pupils may be most profitably taught the English language . 6 Before The delight caused by The Vicar of Wakefield ' had not subsided when the author came forward in a new character , that of a ...
... school as the book from which youthful pupils may be most profitably taught the English language . 6 Before The delight caused by The Vicar of Wakefield ' had not subsided when the author came forward in a new character , that of a ...
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... school of affliction and experience . For this reason , when the sunshine of their fortune returned , they gave too great a loose to pleasure , and language was by them cultivated only as a mode of elegance . Hence it became more ...
... school of affliction and experience . For this reason , when the sunshine of their fortune returned , they gave too great a loose to pleasure , and language was by them cultivated only as a mode of elegance . Hence it became more ...
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