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... letters , pointing out " the many sacrifices made of everything dear and valuable , —of youth , health , and fortune , " to his pupils ; but no answer ever came from any one . The fact is , the Braxtons had been ruined by the Revolution ...
... letters , pointing out " the many sacrifices made of everything dear and valuable , —of youth , health , and fortune , " to his pupils ; but no answer ever came from any one . The fact is , the Braxtons had been ruined by the Revolution ...
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... letter of application to Dr Bell , mentions that he had heard " that you was a very odd kind of a gentleman , and very fond of abusing and quarrelling with the teachers , when they were not even in the least fault imaginable . " Dr Bell ...
... letter of application to Dr Bell , mentions that he had heard " that you was a very odd kind of a gentleman , and very fond of abusing and quarrelling with the teachers , when they were not even in the least fault imaginable . " Dr Bell ...
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... letters to the printer , he says , " You will mark me for an enthusiast ; but if you and I live a thousand years , we shall see this system of education spread over the world . " In the meantime , however , his " humble essay " is " not ...
... letters to the printer , he says , " You will mark me for an enthusiast ; but if you and I live a thousand years , we shall see this system of education spread over the world . " In the meantime , however , his " humble essay " is " not ...
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... letters , indorsed outside with records of her en- mity and spite . Sometimes she addressed her epistles thus : To that supreme of rogues , who looks like the hangdog that he is , Doctor ( such a doctor ! ) Andrew Bell . ' Or , again ...
... letters , indorsed outside with records of her en- mity and spite . Sometimes she addressed her epistles thus : To that supreme of rogues , who looks like the hangdog that he is , Doctor ( such a doctor ! ) Andrew Bell . ' Or , again ...
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... letters . " Lancaster further offers to travel down and talk with Dr Bell . The meeting between these two celebrated personages took place in 1805 . Dr Bell's account of their meeting is full of preju- dice . His feelings were , no ...
... letters . " Lancaster further offers to travel down and talk with Dr Bell . The meeting between these two celebrated personages took place in 1805 . Dr Bell's account of their meeting is full of preju- dice . His feelings were , no ...
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