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... moral qualities which distinguished him , and reflect that , in an age when literary acquifitions and scientific improvements are rated at their utmost value , he rested not in the applause which these procured him ; but adorned the ...
... moral qualities which distinguished him , and reflect that , in an age when literary acquifitions and scientific improvements are rated at their utmost value , he rested not in the applause which these procured him ; but adorned the ...
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... moral or perfonal , from at circumftance in his early life , of which evidence is yet remaining . While he was an apprentice at Leek in Staffordshire , a young woman of the fame town fell in love with him , and upon his removal to ...
... moral or perfonal , from at circumftance in his early life , of which evidence is yet remaining . While he was an apprentice at Leek in Staffordshire , a young woman of the fame town fell in love with him , and upon his removal to ...
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... moral as his literary character : the order and difcipline of a college life , the reading the beft authors , the attendance on public exercises , the early calls to prayer , the frequent in- structions from the pulpit , with all the ...
... moral as his literary character : the order and difcipline of a college life , the reading the beft authors , the attendance on public exercises , the early calls to prayer , the frequent in- structions from the pulpit , with all the ...
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... moral virtues they had fcarcely any ; in focial affections they were miferably deficient , and their approaches to civilization and elegance were on a level with thofe of their fouthern neighbours at the Cape of Good Hope . But labour ...
... moral virtues they had fcarcely any ; in focial affections they were miferably deficient , and their approaches to civilization and elegance were on a level with thofe of their fouthern neighbours at the Cape of Good Hope . But labour ...
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... moral subjects , and died of a decline about the same time . Mr. John Canton , apprentice to the above - named Mr. Watkins , and also his fucceffor in his academy , was a contributor to the Ma- gazine , of verfes , and afterwards , of ...
... moral subjects , and died of a decline about the same time . Mr. John Canton , apprentice to the above - named Mr. Watkins , and also his fucceffor in his academy , was a contributor to the Ma- gazine , of verfes , and afterwards , of ...
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