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... Oxford . The teaching was excellent , so far as it went . Thoroughness and good discipline were achieved : individuality and intelligence were encouraged . Yet , as he himself admits , the scholastic attainments of the founders of the ...
... Oxford . The teaching was excellent , so far as it went . Thoroughness and good discipline were achieved : individuality and intelligence were encouraged . Yet , as he himself admits , the scholastic attainments of the founders of the ...
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... Oxford . For close on six years his home was here in a small house near ' The Parks . ' Though he missed the country , he enjoyed Oxford life to the full . Amid new scenes and change of life his health improved . The society of men of ...
... Oxford . For close on six years his home was here in a small house near ' The Parks . ' Though he missed the country , he enjoyed Oxford life to the full . Amid new scenes and change of life his health improved . The society of men of ...
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... Oxford . 6 vols . Oxford , at the Clarendon Press , 1887 . Johnson : History of Rasselas , Prince of Abyssinia , edited with Introduction and Notes by George Birkbeck Hill . Clarendon Press Series . Oxford , 1887 . Goldsmith : The ...
... Oxford . 6 vols . Oxford , at the Clarendon Press , 1887 . Johnson : History of Rasselas , Prince of Abyssinia , edited with Introduction and Notes by George Birkbeck Hill . Clarendon Press Series . Oxford , 1887 . Goldsmith : The ...
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