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... necessary to give her a taste for improvement , which never fails to lead youth into such a disposition of their time , as to enable them to seize every precious moment circumstances will allow for mental cultivation ; and the little ...
... necessary to give her a taste for improvement , which never fails to lead youth into such a disposition of their time , as to enable them to seize every precious moment circumstances will allow for mental cultivation ; and the little ...
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... necessary in every profession , and taught to rest on for- tuitous means for producing that which is the reward of well - exerted efforts and unwearied application of appro- priate talents . The father died very soon after the son's ...
... necessary in every profession , and taught to rest on for- tuitous means for producing that which is the reward of well - exerted efforts and unwearied application of appro- priate talents . The father died very soon after the son's ...
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... necessary to husband his little patrimony with prudence , unless he increased it by the ordinary method - that of teaching ; but there was , according to his apprehension , a degra- dation in this mode of employing his talents unworthy ...
... necessary to husband his little patrimony with prudence , unless he increased it by the ordinary method - that of teaching ; but there was , according to his apprehension , a degra- dation in this mode of employing his talents unworthy ...
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... necessary to enliven every party , and to give zest to every enjoyment ; for , as he was known to be a man of family , as well as a man of genius , every house in York was open to receive him ; and literary acquaint- ance , lively ...
... necessary to enliven every party , and to give zest to every enjoyment ; for , as he was known to be a man of family , as well as a man of genius , every house in York was open to receive him ; and literary acquaint- ance , lively ...
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... necessary , feeling that to make them farther informed of her unhappiness would be only increasing their burthen without lightening her own ; though she was well aware that the utmost re- lief they could render her would be speedily ...
... necessary , feeling that to make them farther informed of her unhappiness would be only increasing their burthen without lightening her own ; though she was well aware that the utmost re- lief they could render her would be speedily ...
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