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... diligence studied the language and literature : and , though he seems to have intended a very quick perambulation of the country , staid two months at Florence ; where he found his way into the academies , and produced his compositions ...
... diligence studied the language and literature : and , though he seems to have intended a very quick perambulation of the country , staid two months at Florence ; where he found his way into the academies , and produced his compositions ...
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... diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the public was abated , partly by custom , and partly by success . It will not be easy to find , in all the ...
... diligence which he might allow himself somewhat to remit , when his name gave sanction to his positions , and his awe of the public was abated , partly by custom , and partly by success . It will not be easy to find , in all the ...
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... diligence , was born September 7 , 1700 , at Ednam , in the shire of Roxburgh , of which his father was pastor . His mother , whose name was Hume , inherited as co- heiress a portion of a small estate . The revenue of a parish in ...
... diligence , was born September 7 , 1700 , at Ednam , in the shire of Roxburgh , of which his father was pastor . His mother , whose name was Hume , inherited as co- heiress a portion of a small estate . The revenue of a parish in ...
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