A Group of Englishmen (1795 to 1815) Being Records of the Younger Wedgwoods and Their Friends: Embracing the History of the Discovery of Photography and a Facsimile of the First PhotographLongmans, Green, and Company, 1871 - 416 páginas |
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... close and to the contingencies and relations which stretched beyond . To have done justice to this rich material I must have carried my narrative beyond reasonable bounds ; it therefore occurred to me to go steadily through the great ...
... close and to the contingencies and relations which stretched beyond . To have done justice to this rich material I must have carried my narrative beyond reasonable bounds ; it therefore occurred to me to go steadily through the great ...
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... close of the year 1796 from Greek Street , Soho , to York Street , St. James's Square ; and this became the central spot where this group of able Englishmen gyrated , as it were , round the lesser and fading light of Thomas Wedgwood ...
... close of the year 1796 from Greek Street , Soho , to York Street , St. James's Square ; and this became the central spot where this group of able Englishmen gyrated , as it were , round the lesser and fading light of Thomas Wedgwood ...
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... and should not be misapplied . The probable sacrifice of health , in weak habits , in fourteen years ' close study , is no little , and what very frequently happens where the 22 THE TRUE OBJECT OF CLASSICAL LEARNING , mind is.
... and should not be misapplied . The probable sacrifice of health , in weak habits , in fourteen years ' close study , is no little , and what very frequently happens where the 22 THE TRUE OBJECT OF CLASSICAL LEARNING , mind is.
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... acquired ; and that all the modern substitutes of what is called useful knowledge breed little beyond conceit , vulgarity , and general ignorance . It is not the mere acquaintance with A FRENCH TUTOR . 23 Till the close of November.
... acquired ; and that all the modern substitutes of what is called useful knowledge breed little beyond conceit , vulgarity , and general ignorance . It is not the mere acquaintance with A FRENCH TUTOR . 23 Till the close of November.
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... close of November , the Etruscan school went on favourably . Wedgwood's sons were then invited to Lichfield to give companionship to young Robert Darwin who had just recovered from a brief attack of illness , and to join him in the ...
... close of November , the Etruscan school went on favourably . Wedgwood's sons were then invited to Lichfield to give companionship to young Robert Darwin who had just recovered from a brief attack of illness , and to join him in the ...
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