The North American Review, Band 64Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Rich and active as his mind was , the preparation of his great works required great expense of labor and time . His habit of composition , too , was laborious and slow ; it never became easier by practice , but , as he told Mr. Stewart ...
Rich and active as his mind was , the preparation of his great works required great expense of labor and time . His habit of composition , too , was laborious and slow ; it never became easier by practice , but , as he told Mr. Stewart ...
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.Gibbon was one of those who have lightened the labor of biographers by giving some sketch of his own life and mind . There is some danger of partiality in these accounts , and they cannot always be implicitly trusted ; not from any ...
.Gibbon was one of those who have lightened the labor of biographers by giving some sketch of his own life and mind . There is some danger of partiality in these accounts , and they cannot always be implicitly trusted ; not from any ...
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... and so in life , relieve a man from the obligation to labor with his mind or hands , and he can hardly bear the weight of existence ; if he is not under any such necessity , he must supply the want of it for himself ; and this was ...
... and so in life , relieve a man from the obligation to labor with his mind or hands , and he can hardly bear the weight of existence ; if he is not under any such necessity , he must supply the want of it for himself ; and this was ...
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This great increase of words , formed , at the time of Todd's labors , a far more extensive English vocabulary ... and exact phraseology ” ; a work requiring , in his opinion , a division of labor among industrious and learned men .
This great increase of words , formed , at the time of Todd's labors , a far more extensive English vocabulary ... and exact phraseology ” ; a work requiring , in his opinion , a division of labor among industrious and learned men .
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a coning himself thoroughly with these principles , as he manifestly did , the labor of applying them to most of the new words was , in a manner , mechanical , requiring only careful attention . But , as he justly remarked in his ...
a coning himself thoroughly with these principles , as he manifestly did , the labor of applying them to most of the new words was , in a manner , mechanical , requiring only careful attention . But , as he justly remarked in his ...
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