Journeys through bookland; a new and original plan for reading (1912)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve company · leaf 162
journeys in the most distant parts of theworld. How exciting it was to scan hastily thepages of these books under cover of his desk atschool, or to read them in bed at night by thelight of candles smuggled into his room! It isno wonder that he grew to wish with all his heartthat he could go to sea,… … WA.SUINGTON IRVIXQ Washington Irving 141 lege at this time. Within a year he began thestudy of law, but he went at his work in such ahalf-hearted way that although he passed hisexamination in 1806, he was really ver}^ poorlyfitted for his calling. The last two years of this time had been passedin…
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