Half-hours with the Best Authors: With Short Biographical and Critical Notices, Volumes 5-6Porter & Coates[ - Literature |
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Page 56
... received in silence ; the men on board every ship were em- ployed aloft in furling sails , and below in tending the braces , and making ready for anchoring ; -a miserable sight for the French , who , with all their skill and all their ...
... received in silence ; the men on board every ship were em- ployed aloft in furling sails , and below in tending the braces , and making ready for anchoring ; -a miserable sight for the French , who , with all their skill and all their ...
Page 37
... received Barbaroux's letter of introduction from the young stranger . Lanze de Perret was not expected home until the evening . Char- lotte returned to the hotel , and passed the remainder of the day , reading , thinking , and praying ...
... received Barbaroux's letter of introduction from the young stranger . Lanze de Perret was not expected home until the evening . Char- lotte returned to the hotel , and passed the remainder of the day , reading , thinking , and praying ...
Page 106
... received his early education in the village school . He entered the Marischal College , Aberdeen , in 1749 ; and , having passed through the humbler steps of a village schoolmaster , and usher to the Grammar School of Aberdeen , was ...
... received his early education in the village school . He entered the Marischal College , Aberdeen , in 1749 ; and , having passed through the humbler steps of a village schoolmaster , and usher to the Grammar School of Aberdeen , was ...
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