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... lesson given him to learn from it was most imperfectly known . He was aware also that his idleness day after day was quite wearing out the patience of worthy Father Antonio , his preceptor , who had borne so long with him , and to whom ...
... lesson given him to learn from it was most imperfectly known . He was aware also that his idleness day after day was quite wearing out the patience of worthy Father Antonio , his preceptor , who had borne so long with him , and to whom ...
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... lessons , and neither coaxing or threats would induce him to apply to them with energy . His delight was to roam about the hill , revelling in the glorious landscape , which ever seemed to have fresh charms for him . But what gave his ...
... lessons , and neither coaxing or threats would induce him to apply to them with energy . His delight was to roam about the hill , revelling in the glorious landscape , which ever seemed to have fresh charms for him . But what gave his ...
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... lessons to learn , and so many copies to write , that they would take up a great deal of his time , and , as he fondly imagined , turn his tastes into a different direction . But nature was far too strong and unyield- ing to be thus ...
... lessons to learn , and so many copies to write , that they would take up a great deal of his time , and , as he fondly imagined , turn his tastes into a different direction . But nature was far too strong and unyield- ing to be thus ...
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... lessons . He outdid him- self with inattention . The priest was a con- scientious man who desired to do his duty by the lad . " " Salvator , " said he at last , " I shall report you to your father , and tell him I must give you up . You ...
... lessons . He outdid him- self with inattention . The priest was a con- scientious man who desired to do his duty by the lad . " " Salvator , " said he at last , " I shall report you to your father , and tell him I must give you up . You ...
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... lesson books , already so scrawled over on their margins that he knew it was hopeless to search for space on which to draw an inch of smoke . The walls had been lately white- washed , and were unornamented by a single picture , so ...
... lesson books , already so scrawled over on their margins that he knew it was hopeless to search for space on which to draw an inch of smoke . The walls had been lately white- washed , and were unornamented by a single picture , so ...
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