The Spectator ...Angier March, 1803 |
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... learning ; but finding myself not so much regarded as I am apt to flatter myself I may deserve from some professed pa- trons of learning , I could not but do myself the justice to shew I am not a stranger to such erudition as they smile ...
... learning ; but finding myself not so much regarded as I am apt to flatter myself I may deserve from some professed pa- trons of learning , I could not but do myself the justice to shew I am not a stranger to such erudition as they smile ...
Page 53
... learning , I beg you would give me some instructions in this case , and persuade parents to encourage their children when they find them diligent and desirous of learning . I have heard some parents say , they would do any thing for ...
... learning , I beg you would give me some instructions in this case , and persuade parents to encourage their children when they find them diligent and desirous of learning . I have heard some parents say , they would do any thing for ...
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... learning , and display it at full length upon all occasions . Last summer he dis- tinguished himself two or three times very remark- ably , by puzzling the vicar before an assembly of most of the ladies in the neighbourhood ; and from ...
... learning , and display it at full length upon all occasions . Last summer he dis- tinguished himself two or three times very remark- ably , by puzzling the vicar before an assembly of most of the ladies in the neighbourhood ; and from ...
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