The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volumen6E. Littell, 1825 |
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... University for a period ; and he appears thus early to have commenced that sort of idle strolling life , which has often great charms for youths of genius , because it frees them from every spe- cies of subjection , and leaves them full ...
... University for a period ; and he appears thus early to have commenced that sort of idle strolling life , which has often great charms for youths of genius , because it frees them from every spe- cies of subjection , and leaves them full ...
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... Shortly after his return to the Swedish capital , he founded there an agricultural board , si- milar to that of London , with funds amounting to 200,000 rix dol- lars ; and he made a present to the University 46 Bernadotte .
... Shortly after his return to the Swedish capital , he founded there an agricultural board , si- milar to that of London , with funds amounting to 200,000 rix dol- lars ; and he made a present to the University 46 Bernadotte .
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lars ; and he made a present to the University of Upsal of the li- brary of the Bishop of Nordin , which he bought for that purpose . On the death of Charles XIIIth , the crown prince was elevated to the throne of Sweden . This event ...
lars ; and he made a present to the University of Upsal of the li- brary of the Bishop of Nordin , which he bought for that purpose . On the death of Charles XIIIth , the crown prince was elevated to the throne of Sweden . This event ...
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... university , under his arm , as he walked home- ward ; and they were all struck with wonder and curiosity at the sight , for the most learned among them had never seen any volume so richly and so hieroglyphically adorned . For seven ...
... university , under his arm , as he walked home- ward ; and they were all struck with wonder and curiosity at the sight , for the most learned among them had never seen any volume so richly and so hieroglyphically adorned . For seven ...
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... university prize . But as to obscurity , is not Milton obscure ? How do you explain " Smoothing " The raven down of darkness till it smiled ! ' " Is it not a simile taken from the electricity of a cat's back ? I'll leave you to be my ...
... university prize . But as to obscurity , is not Milton obscure ? How do you explain " Smoothing " The raven down of darkness till it smiled ! ' " Is it not a simile taken from the electricity of a cat's back ? I'll leave you to be my ...
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