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Page 122
... continued throughout his career , but Lockhart may have been less ready to accept its wis- dom . He was himself a professional literary man , who doubtless regarded his occupation as too exacting to be shared with other business ...
... continued throughout his career , but Lockhart may have been less ready to accept its wis- dom . He was himself a professional literary man , who doubtless regarded his occupation as too exacting to be shared with other business ...
Page 222
... continued confidence through many financial vicissitudes , and that James wrote of him after his death as having been his lifelong benefactor . But fortunately , on this point at least , we are not limited to a weighing of probabilities ...
... continued confidence through many financial vicissitudes , and that James wrote of him after his death as having been his lifelong benefactor . But fortunately , on this point at least , we are not limited to a weighing of probabilities ...
Page 504
... continued with an affectionate freedom , and that rebuke or criticism did not discourage a further confidence . On the father's side it exhibits his constant attitude , the aloofness of a personal integrity which is yet all things to ...
... continued with an affectionate freedom , and that rebuke or criticism did not discourage a further confidence . On the father's side it exhibits his constant attitude , the aloofness of a personal integrity which is yet all things to ...
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