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... devotion ; in summer , as oft with the bird that first rouses , or not much tardier , to read good authors , or cause them to be read , till attention be weary or memory have its full freight ; then with useful and generous labors ...
... devotion ; in summer , as oft with the bird that first rouses , or not much tardier , to read good authors , or cause them to be read , till attention be weary or memory have its full freight ; then with useful and generous labors ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Getting on in the World |
| Author | William Mathews |
| Publisher | S.C. Griggs, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 23 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 365 pages |
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