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... affected , though he concluded that she was a weak woman , whose stupidity , vulgarity , or obstinacy of mind , were but too likely to injure the expanding talents of her son ; and he quitted the apartment with a sense of sorrow for the ...
... affected , though he concluded that she was a weak woman , whose stupidity , vulgarity , or obstinacy of mind , were but too likely to injure the expanding talents of her son ; and he quitted the apartment with a sense of sorrow for the ...
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... affected his mind ; but yet she was neither so delighted by the raptures thus awakened , nor so dazzled by the brilliance of powers thus displayed , as not to be consci- ous that the different hours , and more expensive habits of her ...
... affected his mind ; but yet she was neither so delighted by the raptures thus awakened , nor so dazzled by the brilliance of powers thus displayed , as not to be consci- ous that the different hours , and more expensive habits of her ...
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... affected him rather as a poet than a painter , and every solitary ramble and unengaged hour were given to the composition of poetry . By degrees this passion gained still more ground , and , with the true spirit of a poet , he withdrew ...
... affected him rather as a poet than a painter , and every solitary ramble and unengaged hour were given to the composition of poetry . By degrees this passion gained still more ground , and , with the true spirit of a poet , he withdrew ...
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... ( affected by the suppressed but bitter woes of its unhappy mother ) , soon breathed its last - the victim of sorrow and imprudence . Over the corpse of his youngest darling the father shed many a heartfelt tear ; but the mother's ...
... ( affected by the suppressed but bitter woes of its unhappy mother ) , soon breathed its last - the victim of sorrow and imprudence . Over the corpse of his youngest darling the father shed many a heartfelt tear ; but the mother's ...
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... affected his health , and greatly altered his temper , so that he was alternately sorrowful or petu- lant ; either sinking into a dejection so distressing as to awaken the keenest sympathy , or producing manners so fretful , peevish ...
... affected his health , and greatly altered his temper , so that he was alternately sorrowful or petu- lant ; either sinking into a dejection so distressing as to awaken the keenest sympathy , or producing manners so fretful , peevish ...
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