American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 12Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1838 - American periodicals |
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... labor which science might bestow within it , and therefore it was held unprofitable , in all respects . The fixed stars which , so far as we know , were never supposed by any of the human family , to belong to our solar system , were ...
... labor which science might bestow within it , and therefore it was held unprofitable , in all respects . The fixed stars which , so far as we know , were never supposed by any of the human family , to belong to our solar system , were ...
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... labor , sings . Far as the spreading gaze is given , A fruitful soil , a glowing heaven ; Contentment all the valley fills , While peace is piping from the hills . And here , where hearth nor home might bless , Once , in the woody ...
... labor , sings . Far as the spreading gaze is given , A fruitful soil , a glowing heaven ; Contentment all the valley fills , While peace is piping from the hills . And here , where hearth nor home might bless , Once , in the woody ...
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... labor . Men may have a wonderful aptness in storing in their minds the knowledge of past ages , a retentive memory , a musical ear , fine taste , i . e . , a good balance of the senses , the selections of the ear not offend- ing the eye ...
... labor . Men may have a wonderful aptness in storing in their minds the knowledge of past ages , a retentive memory , a musical ear , fine taste , i . e . , a good balance of the senses , the selections of the ear not offend- ing the eye ...
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... labor or some drudgery or other . After the age of twenty - five , many have begun their book - education , already educated to no common strength , and have sat with boys on a recitation bench , at school and college , and been taught ...
... labor or some drudgery or other . After the age of twenty - five , many have begun their book - education , already educated to no common strength , and have sat with boys on a recitation bench , at school and college , and been taught ...
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... labor or business , and who are fond of reading and indulging in matters of the evening of life affords especial opportunities for the most tranquil enjoyments , arising from the view of the past , the present , and the future ; and it ...
... labor or business , and who are fond of reading and indulging in matters of the evening of life affords especial opportunities for the most tranquil enjoyments , arising from the view of the past , the present , and the future ; and it ...
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