Life and Times of the Right Honourable William Henry Smith, M.P.W. Blackwood and sons, 1893 |
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... passing powers of speech , but to unselfish in- tegrity and faultless common - sense , has risen from one office of trust to another , till his party at a moment of extreme perplexity , by an involuntary and common impulse , turned ...
... passing powers of speech , but to unselfish in- tegrity and faultless common - sense , has risen from one office of trust to another , till his party at a moment of extreme perplexity , by an involuntary and common impulse , turned ...
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... passed through my mind and my dear wife's , which is this . If you could by advertisement or otherwise get a respect- able business man , who understands your kind of business , and who would take your morning work , . . . this would ...
... passed through my mind and my dear wife's , which is this . If you could by advertisement or otherwise get a respect- able business man , who understands your kind of business , and who would take your morning work , . . . this would ...
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... passed . Mrs Beal's incredulity was justified by the result . Mr Smith overcame his sense of weari- ness , pushed his business with redoubled energy , and became more resolved than ever to make his son THE QUESTION OF A PROFESSION . 27.
... passed . Mrs Beal's incredulity was justified by the result . Mr Smith overcame his sense of weari- ness , pushed his business with redoubled energy , and became more resolved than ever to make his son THE QUESTION OF A PROFESSION . 27.
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... passed by Boswell on the passage above quoted : " Such a tenderness of con- science such a fervent desire of improvement - will rarely be found . It is , surely , not decent in those who are hardened in indifference to spiritual ...
... passed by Boswell on the passage above quoted : " Such a tenderness of con- science such a fervent desire of improvement - will rarely be found . It is , surely , not decent in those who are hardened in indifference to spiritual ...
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... passing reference to football or cricket . The only exercise which he seems to have been at liberty to enjoy - and that from very early years - was riding . Each year , however , after leaving Tavistock , he used to take an autumn ...
... passing reference to football or cricket . The only exercise which he seems to have been at liberty to enjoy - and that from very early years - was riding . Each year , however , after leaving Tavistock , he used to take an autumn ...
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