'While the 'boy' waits'.Hardwicke, 1879 - 340 pages |
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... are only a few stray thoughts about news- paper readers . The natural history of the class has yet to be written . For the people who do not read newspapers there can be nothing but pity . 6 BOY ' WAITS . " " WHILE THE 6.
... are only a few stray thoughts about news- paper readers . The natural history of the class has yet to be written . For the people who do not read newspapers there can be nothing but pity . 6 BOY ' WAITS . " " WHILE THE 6.
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... thought , it is by a process of infusion and pounding administered to readers of this deferential class . Those who fear the power of the press chiefly dread its influence upon this particular description of reader , the people whose ...
... thought , it is by a process of infusion and pounding administered to readers of this deferential class . Those who fear the power of the press chiefly dread its influence upon this particular description of reader , the people whose ...
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... thought of such a procedure is almost over- powering . Everybody knows that to induce or cajole an average child into learning a few lessons daily , without repining , is a task of almost superhuman difficulty , and requires special ...
... thought of such a procedure is almost over- powering . Everybody knows that to induce or cajole an average child into learning a few lessons daily , without repining , is a task of almost superhuman difficulty , and requires special ...
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... thought is an advantage . A name , it may be , is lodged in the mind ; in a moment of difficulty it asserts its presence ; the intending purchaser of some article forgets how he heard the name , the mystery makes it famous , and the ...
... thought is an advantage . A name , it may be , is lodged in the mind ; in a moment of difficulty it asserts its presence ; the intending purchaser of some article forgets how he heard the name , the mystery makes it famous , and the ...
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... thought . The field least well worked in advertising , and , therefore , the most promising , is the hieroglyphical . A series of diagrams , taxing the ingenuity of the public , with the keys to follow , would answer admirably just now ...
... thought . The field least well worked in advertising , and , therefore , the most promising , is the hieroglyphical . A series of diagrams , taxing the ingenuity of the public , with the keys to follow , would answer admirably just now ...
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