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... become qualified for situations where the salary was much higher and the work far less irksome . Dr Bell's temper was quick and even rampant ; and in all his attempts to introduce improvements , he was met by the silent unsympathy , or ...
... become qualified for situations where the salary was much higher and the work far less irksome . Dr Bell's temper was quick and even rampant ; and in all his attempts to introduce improvements , he was met by the silent unsympathy , or ...
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... become in every respect a one - ideaed man . Everything , both external and internal every trait in the characters or minds of other men - was submitted to the standard of the Sys- tem and approved or condemned by that . A teacher was ...
... become in every respect a one - ideaed man . Everything , both external and internal every trait in the characters or minds of other men - was submitted to the standard of the Sys- tem and approved or condemned by that . A teacher was ...
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... become a disease . Mr Davies , his amanuensis , was the chief victim of this habit of anxiety . The too anxious Doctor rendered his manuscripts almost totally illegible by interlineations , erasures , and corrections ; the proofs of his ...
... become a disease . Mr Davies , his amanuensis , was the chief victim of this habit of anxiety . The too anxious Doctor rendered his manuscripts almost totally illegible by interlineations , erasures , and corrections ; the proofs of his ...
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... become affected , and he was unable to articulate without considerable difficulty . He had also great difficulty in swallowing ; and his breathing was hard and much impeded , especially in the morning . What the doctors feared was ...
... become affected , and he was unable to articulate without considerable difficulty . He had also great difficulty in swallowing ; and his breathing was hard and much impeded , especially in the morning . What the doctors feared was ...
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... become morbid ) would be over . " On Captain M'Konochie's next visit to Cheltenham , he met the trustees from St Andrews . These gentle- men had been presented with £ 120,000 for the good of their city ; and they were now called upon to ...
... become morbid ) would be over . " On Captain M'Konochie's next visit to Cheltenham , he met the trustees from St Andrews . These gentle- men had been presented with £ 120,000 for the good of their city ; and they were now called upon to ...
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