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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 Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator"

Joseph Addison - 1896 - 256 pages
...hundred words; and indeed do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life.1 Whilst I was in this learned body, I applied myself...there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father, I was resolved...
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The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Critical Reviews ; The ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 510 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...
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Selections from the Spectator of Addison and Steele

A. Meserole - 1896 - 450 pages
...eight years, excepting in the public exer/ cises of the college, I scarce uttered the quantity of a hundred words ; and indeed do not remember that I...ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life. While I was in this learned body, I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies, that there...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1898 - 264 pages
...silence : For during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences...studies, that there are very few celebrated books, 5 either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1898 - 264 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 do not 30 ..j remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in this learned...
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the de coverley papers from the spectator

SAMUEL THRBER - 1898 - 236 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 do not remember that I ever spoke three sentences together in my whole...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1899 - 238 pages
...profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the 20 college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred...studies that there are very few celebrated books, 25 either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my...
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The Sir Roger de Coverly Papers from "The Spectator"

Joseph Addison - 1899 - 232 pages
...profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the 20 college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred...studies that there are very few celebrated books, 25 either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1899 - 228 pages
...profound silence ; for during the space of eight years, excepting in the public exercises of the 20 college, I scarce uttered the quantity of an hundred...studies that there are very few celebrated books, 2 5 either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of...
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Sir Roger de Coverley, Essays from the Spectator

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1899 - 222 pages
...wear well. I had not been long at the University, before I distinguished myself by a most excepting in the public exercises of the college, I scarce uttered...in this learned body, I applied myself with so much 5 diligence to my studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned0 or modern...
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