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... taste is developed ; and in his sub- sequent studies in literature , he will be capable , in some measure at least , of forming an intelligent and independent judgment . 218949 It should not be forgotten that this book , as iii.
... taste is developed ; and in his sub- sequent studies in literature , he will be capable , in some measure at least , of forming an intelligent and independent judgment . 218949 It should not be forgotten that this book , as iii.
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... tastes and convic- tions , and emulated the social amenities and the culture of the mother country . Thus in time was ... taste and I Winsor , Narrative and Critical History of America , Vol . III . , p . 153 . literary production . The ...
... tastes and convic- tions , and emulated the social amenities and the culture of the mother country . Thus in time was ... taste and I Winsor , Narrative and Critical History of America , Vol . III . , p . 153 . literary production . The ...
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... taste belonged . Its object was mutual improvement by means of essays and discussions . For greater convenience of reference , a library was formed , each member of the club loaning such books as he could spare . Afterwards Franklin ...
... taste belonged . Its object was mutual improvement by means of essays and discussions . For greater convenience of reference , a library was formed , each member of the club loaning such books as he could spare . Afterwards Franklin ...
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... taste for the observation of nature . For an English correspondent of his father's , he wrote at the age of twelve years an elaborate paper upon spiders , which shows remarkable powers of observation . It is said act- ually to have ...
... taste for the observation of nature . For an English correspondent of his father's , he wrote at the age of twelve years an elaborate paper upon spiders , which shows remarkable powers of observation . It is said act- ually to have ...
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... taste for both mathematics and the classics . He had little taste for fiction , and it is said that " Don Quixote " is the only novel he ever keenly relished or read a second time . He delighted in poetry , and read Homer , Horace ...
... taste for both mathematics and the classics . He had little taste for fiction , and it is said that " Don Quixote " is the only novel he ever keenly relished or read a second time . He delighted in poetry , and read Homer , Horace ...
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