The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side iv
... pleasure in re- peating my obligations to that excellent woman — the true mother of my mind , as well as of my health . Pain and languor were often soothed by the voice of instruction and amusement ; and to her kind lessons I ascribe my ...
... pleasure in re- peating my obligations to that excellent woman — the true mother of my mind , as well as of my health . Pain and languor were often soothed by the voice of instruction and amusement ; and to her kind lessons I ascribe my ...
Side v
... pleasure from Ovid's Metamorphoses , especially in the fall of Phaeton , and the speeches of Ajax and Ulysses . My grandfather's flight unlocked the door of a tolerable library ; and I turned over many English pages of poetry and ...
... pleasure from Ovid's Metamorphoses , especially in the fall of Phaeton , and the speeches of Ajax and Ulysses . My grandfather's flight unlocked the door of a tolerable library ; and I turned over many English pages of poetry and ...
Side vi
... pleasures of London to the instruction of his pupils . " The neglect and irregularity attending his scholastic instruction induced his father to carry him to Oxford , and he was matriculated in the uni- versity as a gentleman - commoner ...
... pleasures of London to the instruction of his pupils . " The neglect and irregularity attending his scholastic instruction induced his father to carry him to Oxford , and he was matriculated in the uni- versity as a gentleman - commoner ...
Side viii
... Terence . During the first weeks I constantly attended these lessons in my tutor's room ; but as they appeared equally devoid of profit and pleasure , I was once tempted to try the experiment of a formal viii SKETCH OF THE AUTHOr's life .
... Terence . During the first weeks I constantly attended these lessons in my tutor's room ; but as they appeared equally devoid of profit and pleasure , I was once tempted to try the experiment of a formal viii SKETCH OF THE AUTHOr's life .
Side x
... pleasures of conversation , but even of asking or answering a question in the common intercourse of life . To a home - bred Englishman , every object , every custom was offensive ; but the native of any country might have been disgusted ...
... pleasures of conversation , but even of asking or answering a question in the common intercourse of life . To a home - bred Englishman , every object , every custom was offensive ; but the native of any country might have been disgusted ...
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