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... course ; rises above , and spreads over , the face of Egypt ; giving to that land all its fertility : -yet a large portion of the effect depends upon the husbandmen , who wisely construct their reservoirs , and so pre- serve the 17 His ...
... course ; rises above , and spreads over , the face of Egypt ; giving to that land all its fertility : -yet a large portion of the effect depends upon the husbandmen , who wisely construct their reservoirs , and so pre- serve the 17 His ...
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... course , did very soon operate upon his mind . While we could cal- culate on this operation , in all his intercourse with us , we had ever studied to impress him with a sense of the divine presence and inspec- tion . This supplied him ...
... course , did very soon operate upon his mind . While we could cal- culate on this operation , in all his intercourse with us , we had ever studied to impress him with a sense of the divine presence and inspec- tion . This supplied him ...
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... course of instruction pur- sued , with such apparent success , in their own family ; thus offering a practical comment on their theory . A few years since , my dear William and I read together the Institutes of Quintilian ; and I was ...
... course of instruction pur- sued , with such apparent success , in their own family ; thus offering a practical comment on their theory . A few years since , my dear William and I read together the Institutes of Quintilian ; and I was ...
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... course , cease to visit us ; and we may well dispense with their visits : for the welfare of the child shall not be sacrificed to propitiate the favor of such unreasonable guests . " Yet , P however rigid in our adherence to system , we 42.
... course , cease to visit us ; and we may well dispense with their visits : for the welfare of the child shall not be sacrificed to propitiate the favor of such unreasonable guests . " Yet , P however rigid in our adherence to system , we 42.
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... course , from the first discovery of danger till the consummation of the character and of bliss ; -it is needless for me to add my feeble testimony to its worth . From its influ- ence in developing my dear boy's powers , I can 54.
... course , from the first discovery of danger till the consummation of the character and of bliss ; -it is needless for me to add my feeble testimony to its worth . From its influ- ence in developing my dear boy's powers , I can 54.
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