The Listener, Volume 1James Nisbet, 1830 - Education |
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... learned a great deal for we heard all that the footman had told the cook , and the cook had told the nursery - maid - and we gained an insight into our neighbours ' affairs , and heard many won- ders , the incredibility of which never ...
... learned a great deal for we heard all that the footman had told the cook , and the cook had told the nursery - maid - and we gained an insight into our neighbours ' affairs , and heard many won- ders , the incredibility of which never ...
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... . Penury looks out upon her as she passes , loathes her own portion , and silently envies what she must not share . Ignorance , with dazzled and misjudging eye , admires the learned and es- teems 30 THE LISTENER . Poll Peg.
... . Penury looks out upon her as she passes , loathes her own portion , and silently envies what she must not share . Ignorance , with dazzled and misjudging eye , admires the learned and es- teems 30 THE LISTENER . Poll Peg.
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Caroline Fry. and misjudging eye , admires the learned and es- teems them happy . Learning decides that " igno- rance is bliss , " and bewails the enlargement of capacity it cannot find enough to fill . Wherever we ask , the answer is ...
Caroline Fry. and misjudging eye , admires the learned and es- teems them happy . Learning decides that " igno- rance is bliss , " and bewails the enlargement of capacity it cannot find enough to fill . Wherever we ask , the answer is ...
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... learned , and what was at first carelessness , soon became design . The plain and simple truth grained no attention ; a very little exaggeration would make mirth for herself and her companions . In all this Anna meant no sin - and ...
... learned , and what was at first carelessness , soon became design . The plain and simple truth grained no attention ; a very little exaggeration would make mirth for herself and her companions . In all this Anna meant no sin - and ...
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... learned so hard a lesson . Have known it , she could not ; therefore I concluded she had taken it upon trust from the poets who are fain to tell all the ill they can of human nature , because it makes better poetry than the good . The ...
... learned so hard a lesson . Have known it , she could not ; therefore I concluded she had taken it upon trust from the poets who are fain to tell all the ill they can of human nature , because it makes better poetry than the good . The ...
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