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... I shall yield to the inclina- tion so natural to old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely follow my bent , without being tiresome to those , who from respect to my age , might think themselves obliged to ...
... I shall yield to the inclina- tion so natural to old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits , and may freely follow my bent , without being tiresome to those , who from respect to my age , might think themselves obliged to ...
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... but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentleman of the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of the village , and who encouraged in like manner all ...
... but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentleman of the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of the village , and who encouraged in like manner all ...
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Exclusively of his passionate treat- ment of me , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps my manners had . too much impertinence not to afford it a very natural pretext . When he knew that it was my determination ...
Exclusively of his passionate treat- ment of me , my brother was by no means a man of an ill temper , and perhaps my manners had . too much impertinence not to afford it a very natural pretext . When he knew that it was my determination ...
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... he set off before me by land for Rhode Island , leaving his books , which formed a hand- some collection in mathematics and natural phi- losophy , to be conveyed with mine to New York , where he proposed to wait for me .
... he set off before me by land for Rhode Island , leaving his books , which formed a hand- some collection in mathematics and natural phi- losophy , to be conveyed with mine to New York , where he proposed to wait for me .
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His mental vivacity , and good natural disposition , made him an excellent com- panion ; but he was indolent , thoughtless , and to the last degree imprudent . John , the Irishman , soon ran away . I began to live very agreeably with ...
His mental vivacity , and good natural disposition , made him an excellent com- panion ; but he was indolent , thoughtless , and to the last degree imprudent . John , the Irishman , soon ran away . I began to live very agreeably with ...
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