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" I had not been long at the university before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and indeed do not... "
The beauties of The Spectator 2nd ed., revised and enlarged with The vision ... - Page 3
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred...studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with sketches of the lives of the ...

Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...most profound silence; for, during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered .the quantity of an hundred...with so much diligence to my studies, that there are few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with....
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The Beauties of the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian,

G. Hamonière - 1819 - 388 pages
...most profound silence; for daring the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred...studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death- of my...
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The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Volume 37

British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred...studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical ..., Volumes 5-6

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 632 pages
...of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of a hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I...studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 5-6

British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of a hundred words; and indeed do not remember that I ever...studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 356 pages
...of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of a hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I...studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

English essays - 1823 - 406 pages
...excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of a hundred words j and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three...studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 1

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 310 pages
...of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of a hundred words; and indeed do not remember that I ever...studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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Spectator (The)

English essays - 1836 - 1118 pages
...of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of a c, Tuckey & Co. either in the learned or the modem tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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