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... notice of the very different views of this subject adopted by Sir William Jones . The chapter on the primitive language , and the art of writing , might have received no small improvement from a judicious consideration of Davies's ...
... notice of the very different views of this subject adopted by Sir William Jones . The chapter on the primitive language , and the art of writing , might have received no small improvement from a judicious consideration of Davies's ...
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... notices some of the most remarkable instances recorded of persons being determined by a particular accident to the pursuits in which they after- wards excelled ; as Cowley's passion for poetry originated from his meeting with the Fairy ...
... notices some of the most remarkable instances recorded of persons being determined by a particular accident to the pursuits in which they after- wards excelled ; as Cowley's passion for poetry originated from his meeting with the Fairy ...
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... notice that the subject has been duly disposed of already ; and the writer appears glad to be thus left at full liberty to sketch the whole scheme of the education of the soldier , physician , lawyer , and statesman , without formally ...
... notice that the subject has been duly disposed of already ; and the writer appears glad to be thus left at full liberty to sketch the whole scheme of the education of the soldier , physician , lawyer , and statesman , without formally ...
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... notice at least , more easy and distinct . The first series of letters , to and from Mr. Thoresby , Mr. Lhywd , Mr. Wotton , Dr. Woodward , and others , extends from 1691 to 1699 ; and relates , chiefly , to Saxon antiquities , to some ...
... notice at least , more easy and distinct . The first series of letters , to and from Mr. Thoresby , Mr. Lhywd , Mr. Wotton , Dr. Woodward , and others , extends from 1691 to 1699 ; and relates , chiefly , to Saxon antiquities , to some ...
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... notice of All which I bore , and took no notice of ; but in two days time broke through all his measures . ' pp . 280 , 281 . me . Eventually , as might be expected , and as the Arch- bishop of York had foretold , the dean carried his ...
... notice of All which I bore , and took no notice of ; but in two days time broke through all his measures . ' pp . 280 , 281 . me . Eventually , as might be expected , and as the Arch- bishop of York had foretold , the dean carried his ...
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Page 108 - ... sun. And behold a man bent with age coming from the way of the wilderness leaning on a staff. And Abraham arose, and met him, and said unto him, ' Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shall arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.' And the man said, 'Nay; for I will abide under this tree.