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... two sons to his care , to be " taken to Europe , " — that is , to Great Britain , and there " to be fixed at some genteel academy . " Bell had made , in the course of his seven years ' residence , a sum between £ 800 and 14 AMERICA, •
... two sons to his care , to be " taken to Europe , " — that is , to Great Britain , and there " to be fixed at some genteel academy . " Bell had made , in the course of his seven years ' residence , a sum between £ 800 and 14 AMERICA, •
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... courses of lectures , which were very successful . Those were the days in India of the pagoda tree ; and his first course of lectures brought him in the sum of 972 pagodas , or £ 360 . The lectures even became the rage with the ladies ...
... courses of lectures , which were very successful . Those were the days in India of the pagoda tree ; and his first course of lectures brought him in the sum of 972 pagodas , or £ 360 . The lectures even became the rage with the ladies ...
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... course of his early ride along the surf - beaten shore of Madras , he happened to pass a Malabar school , which , as was usual with Indian schools , was held in the open air . He saw the little children writing with their fingers on ...
... course of his early ride along the surf - beaten shore of Madras , he happened to pass a Malabar school , which , as was usual with Indian schools , was held in the open air . He saw the little children writing with their fingers on ...
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... course of time the subscriptions to the schools fell away en- tirely . In spite of the complete disappearance of his salary , John Stickland stuck to his post , and was not to be discouraged . He even provided the children with books at ...
... course of time the subscriptions to the schools fell away en- tirely . In spite of the complete disappearance of his salary , John Stickland stuck to his post , and was not to be discouraged . He even provided the children with books at ...
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... course , divorced à vinculo matrimonii which only amounts to a divorce in the English sense ( such a divorce as enables the parties to contract another marriage ) , but simply divorced à mensâ et thoro . This legal separation , however ...
... course , divorced à vinculo matrimonii which only amounts to a divorce in the English sense ( such a divorce as enables the parties to contract another marriage ) , but simply divorced à mensâ et thoro . This legal separation , however ...
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