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... lished new editions of the " Secretaire du Cabinet , " and the " Secretaire du Cour , " 2 vols . 12mo ; improving both very essentially , although we may be allowed to doubt whether " Letter - writing " can be effectually taught by ...
... lished new editions of the " Secretaire du Cabinet , " and the " Secretaire du Cour , " 2 vols . 12mo ; improving both very essentially , although we may be allowed to doubt whether " Letter - writing " can be effectually taught by ...
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... lished Mr. Barret's reputation as a Latin scholar ; and he also discovered some poetical talent in " War , " a satire , but was less fortunate in his translation of " Ovid's Epistles into English verse . " This had critical essays and ...
... lished Mr. Barret's reputation as a Latin scholar ; and he also discovered some poetical talent in " War , " a satire , but was less fortunate in his translation of " Ovid's Epistles into English verse . " This had critical essays and ...
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... lished at the time , in a pamphlet which had the appearance of being written by him , or at least of being published un- der his direction ; but as we have not been able to discover this pamphlet , we shall subjoin a very curious ...
... lished at the time , in a pamphlet which had the appearance of being written by him , or at least of being published un- der his direction ; but as we have not been able to discover this pamphlet , we shall subjoin a very curious ...
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... lished " The Naturalist's Calendar , " which was also fa- vourably received . In 1773 , desiring to second the wishes of the Rev. Mr. Elstob to give to the world the Saxon trans- lation of Orosius , ascribed to king Alfred , in one vol ...
... lished " The Naturalist's Calendar , " which was also fa- vourably received . In 1773 , desiring to second the wishes of the Rev. Mr. Elstob to give to the world the Saxon trans- lation of Orosius , ascribed to king Alfred , in one vol ...
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... lished a few years after . In the spring of the year 1186 , John Comyn , archbishop of Dublin , convened a synod of his clergy , in Christ - church of that city , at which Girald was one of the preachers , but by the account of it in ...
... lished a few years after . In the spring of the year 1186 , John Comyn , archbishop of Dublin , convened a synod of his clergy , in Christ - church of that city , at which Girald was one of the preachers , but by the account of it in ...
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