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Page 46
... learning . I have a very good affectionate fa- ther ; but though very rich , yet so mighty near , that he thinks much of the charges of my education . He often tells me , he believes my schooling will ruin him ; that I cost him God ...
... learning . I have a very good affectionate fa- ther ; but though very rich , yet so mighty near , that he thinks much of the charges of my education . He often tells me , he believes my schooling will ruin him ; that I cost him God ...
Page 152
... learning is , as I take it , either to render a man an agreeable companion to himself , and teach him to support solitude with pleasure , or , if he is not born to an estate , to supply that defect , and fur- nish him with the means of ...
... learning is , as I take it , either to render a man an agreeable companion to himself , and teach him to support solitude with pleasure , or , if he is not born to an estate , to supply that defect , and fur- nish him with the means of ...
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... learning ; concluding , that it was now high time he should be made acquainted with men and things ; that she had resolved he should make the tour of France and Italy , but could not bear to have him out of her sight , and therefore ...
... learning ; concluding , that it was now high time he should be made acquainted with men and things ; that she had resolved he should make the tour of France and Italy , but could not bear to have him out of her sight , and therefore ...
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