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... person , whofe history I am about to write , fo greatly excel , that , except for my prefumption in the attempt to difplay his worth , the undertaking may be thought to need no apology ; efpe- cially if we contemplate , together with ...
... person , whofe history I am about to write , fo greatly excel , that , except for my prefumption in the attempt to difplay his worth , the undertaking may be thought to need no apology ; efpe- cially if we contemplate , together with ...
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... person , than the practice of some writers will war- rant . To this objection , if any fhall pleafe to make it , I answer , that the reverse of wrong is not always right . By the office I have undertaken I stand en- gaged to relate ...
... person , than the practice of some writers will war- rant . To this objection , if any fhall pleafe to make it , I answer , that the reverse of wrong is not always right . By the office I have undertaken I stand en- gaged to relate ...
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... person yet living , and of which the following is a copy : " • Johnson and I were , early in life , fchool - fellows at • Lichfield , and for many years in the fame class . As • his uncommon abilities for learning far execeeded us ...
... person yet living , and of which the following is a copy : " • Johnson and I were , early in life , fchool - fellows at • Lichfield , and for many years in the fame class . As • his uncommon abilities for learning far execeeded us ...
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... person of far fuperior endowments , who afterwards at- tained a doctor's degree , and is at this time head of his college . Encouraged , by a change fo propitious to his ftudies , he profecuted them with diligence , attended both public ...
... person of far fuperior endowments , who afterwards at- tained a doctor's degree , and is at this time head of his college . Encouraged , by a change fo propitious to his ftudies , he profecuted them with diligence , attended both public ...
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... persons of this defcription , whose occupation was the publishing anonymous trea fon and flander . One of the original inhabitants of this street was Fox the Martyrologift , who , during his abode there , wrote his Acts and Monuments ...
... persons of this defcription , whose occupation was the publishing anonymous trea fon and flander . One of the original inhabitants of this street was Fox the Martyrologift , who , during his abode there , wrote his Acts and Monuments ...
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