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... endeavoured to present a continuous detail of the early life of him whose history forms the subject of the work . An in- timate knowledge of the habits , manners , and feelings of the deceased , acquired during a long period.
... endeavoured to present a continuous detail of the early life of him whose history forms the subject of the work . An in- timate knowledge of the habits , manners , and feelings of the deceased , acquired during a long period.
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... endeavoured , both by external and internal application of cold water , to restore his parched mouth and inflamed eyes to a more reputable temperature ; but , notwithstanding all his efforts , Ravenscroft declared , on Pierce's joining ...
... endeavoured , both by external and internal application of cold water , to restore his parched mouth and inflamed eyes to a more reputable temperature ; but , notwithstanding all his efforts , Ravenscroft declared , on Pierce's joining ...
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... endeavouring to extricate his legs from their unnatural position , startled him to such a degree , that the jacket dropped from his hands , as he thought upon the chair , but in reality into the basin , from which splashed up to his ...
... endeavouring to extricate his legs from their unnatural position , startled him to such a degree , that the jacket dropped from his hands , as he thought upon the chair , but in reality into the basin , from which splashed up to his ...
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... endeavoured to substitute for the denied gratifications of parents , the pleasures of ac- cumulating wealth and corporeal vigour . The major had read all that had been written on dietetics , from the Life of Cornaro down to Dr. Johnson ...
... endeavoured to substitute for the denied gratifications of parents , the pleasures of ac- cumulating wealth and corporeal vigour . The major had read all that had been written on dietetics , from the Life of Cornaro down to Dr. Johnson ...
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... endeavouring to understand " Dundas , " by means of " Dalbiac's Catechism , " and thus to equal the cornet in a knowledge of tactics . The practical parts of the profession , how- ever , soon came to replace the theory , in the ...
... endeavouring to understand " Dundas , " by means of " Dalbiac's Catechism , " and thus to equal the cornet in a knowledge of tactics . The practical parts of the profession , how- ever , soon came to replace the theory , in the ...
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