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" I had not been long at the university before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and indeed do not... "
The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII]. - Page 4
1803
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 19

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 pages
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and, indeed, I do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life " I have passed my latter...
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The works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 19

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 pages
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and, indeed, I do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life "I have passed my latter...
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Home Pictures of English Poets, for Fireside and Schoolroom

Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 pages
...himself by a most profound silence. To quote his own words : " During the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of a hundred words ; and, indeed, I do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 pages
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and, indeed, I do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life "I have passed my latter...
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Miscellanies...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...public exereises of the college, I scaree uttered the quantity of an hundred words; and, indeed, I do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life. . . . "I have passed my latter years in this city, where I am frequently seen in most public places,...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray ..., Volume 23

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - 414 pages
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of a hundred words ; and, indeed, I do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole...
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Selections from Addison's papers contributed to the Spectator, ed. by T. Arnold

Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pages
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for, during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered...there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. 20 Upon the death of my father, I was...
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Selections from Addison's Papers Contributed to the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pages
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence; for, during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered...there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. 20 Upon the death of my father, I was...
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Outlines of the Art of Expression

Joseph Henry Gilmore - 1876 - 128 pages
...greater evil than anarchy itself, as much as a savage is a happier life than a slave at the oar." 60. " I do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life." — Spectator. 61. " This telescope, the make of Messrs. Steinheil & Sons, of Munich." 62. "He is always...
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Complete Works, Volume 8

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 pages
...I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred words ; and. indeed, I do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life " I have passed my latter...
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