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... tion - He becomes President of the Committee of Public Instruction- His industry in discharging the functions of that post - Specimens of his official writing - Results of his labours - He is appointed President of the Law Commission ...
... tion - He becomes President of the Committee of Public Instruction- His industry in discharging the functions of that post - Specimens of his official writing - Results of his labours - He is appointed President of the Law Commission ...
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... time when to shine in society was a distinc- tion which a man of eminence and ability might justly value . In these several capacities , it will be said , he was known well , and known widely . But in the 2 CH . I. LIFE AND LETTERS OF.
... time when to shine in society was a distinc- tion which a man of eminence and ability might justly value . In these several capacities , it will be said , he was known well , and known widely . But in the 2 CH . I. LIFE AND LETTERS OF.
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... tion must often be sorely puzzled as to what he has the heart to publish and the right to withhold . I am conscious that in an undertaking of this nature a near relative has peculiar temptations towards that partiality of the biographer ...
... tion must often be sorely puzzled as to what he has the heart to publish and the right to withhold . I am conscious that in an undertaking of this nature a near relative has peculiar temptations towards that partiality of the biographer ...
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... tion coaxing him into the garden under pretence of a lecture on botany ; sending him from his books to run round the grounds , or play at cooking in the kitchen ; giving him Bible - lessons which invariably ended in a theo- logical ...
... tion coaxing him into the garden under pretence of a lecture on botany ; sending him from his books to run round the grounds , or play at cooking in the kitchen ; giving him Bible - lessons which invariably ended in a theo- logical ...
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... tion . Everything I read , or see , or hear , brings it to my mind . You told me I should be happy when I once came here , but not an hour passes in which I do not shed tears at thinking of home . Every hope , however unlikely to be ...
... tion . Everything I read , or see , or hear , brings it to my mind . You told me I should be happy when I once came here , but not an hour passes in which I do not shed tears at thinking of home . Every hope , however unlikely to be ...
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Page 40 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 403 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India; and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Page 162 - For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, Seem here no painful inch to gain, Far back, through creeks and inlets making, Comes silent, flooding in, the main.
Page 376 - I determined to know nothing among you save Jesus Christ, and -him crucified.
Page 57 - MY mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein I find As far exceeds all earthly bliss That God or nature hath assigned ; Though much I want that most would have, Yet still my mind forbids to crave.
Page 45 - May'st thou live to know and fear Him, Trust and love Him all thy days ; Then go dwell for ever near Him, See His face, and sing His praise...
Page 402 - ... medical doctrines which would disgrace an English farrier — astronomy which would move laughter in the girls at an English boarding-school — history, abounding with kings thirty feet high and reigns thirty thousand years long — and geography, made up of seas of treacle and seas of butter.
Page 455 - It is my firm belief that, if our plans of education are followed up, there will not be a single idolater among the respectable classes in Bengal thirty years hence.
Page 117 - wellnigh worn out with that long disease, his life,' and, in the last precious days of it, ' discovered lying on the floor, employed in learning, by aid of grammar and dictionary, enough Italian to enable him to verify...
Page 377 - Clarissa with me : and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about Miss Harlowe and her misfortunes, and her scoundrelly Lovelace ! The governor's wife seized the book, and the secretary waited for it, and the chief justice could not read it for tears...