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And my motive is not merely that curiosity which provides the only impulse for much history and much science . Curiosity , no doubt , is precious . ... He has recorded a curious example of futile investigation in Dr and Mrs Kennedy ...
And my motive is not merely that curiosity which provides the only impulse for much history and much science . Curiosity , no doubt , is precious . ... He has recorded a curious example of futile investigation in Dr and Mrs Kennedy ...
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To be curious about nothing is to be nearly dead ; to be curious about too few things , is to be narrow ; to be curious about too many , is to be shallow . The kind of generalknowledge questions beloved by some schoolmasters and ...
To be curious about nothing is to be nearly dead ; to be curious about too few things , is to be narrow ; to be curious about too many , is to be shallow . The kind of generalknowledge questions beloved by some schoolmasters and ...
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Curious word — ' inflicting ' ! But perhaps little Philip might have deserved that tenderness a little more , if it had not been dangled above him as a sort of school - prize . This spiritual carrot failed to attract .
Curious word — ' inflicting ' ! But perhaps little Philip might have deserved that tenderness a little more , if it had not been dangled above him as a sort of school - prize . This spiritual carrot failed to attract .
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| Titlu | The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell [and] Goldsmith |
| Autor | Frank Laurence Lucas |
| Ediție | 2 |
| Editor | Macmillan, 1958 |
| Lungime | 354 pagini |
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