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... ment , and a critical knowledge of the ancient lan- guages , he added an accurate ear for the harmony Lives of the Poets , vol . ii . p . 145 . I am happy to learn , that a new edition of Spenser is preparing for the press by Mr. Todd ...
... ment , and a critical knowledge of the ancient lan- guages , he added an accurate ear for the harmony Lives of the Poets , vol . ii . p . 145 . I am happy to learn , that a new edition of Spenser is preparing for the press by Mr. Todd ...
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... ment , the latter was equally remarkable for vanity , irascibility , and ambition . If in their lives they were thus contrasted , in their deaths they were still more widely opposed ; in the one , we behold the resignation , the hopes ...
... ment , the latter was equally remarkable for vanity , irascibility , and ambition . If in their lives they were thus contrasted , in their deaths they were still more widely opposed ; in the one , we behold the resignation , the hopes ...
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... ment and indignation . " These mixtures of dress , " he observes , " if they should be more frequent than they are at present , would look like turning our public assemblies into a general masquerade . The model of this Amazonian ...
... ment and indignation . " These mixtures of dress , " he observes , " if they should be more frequent than they are at present , would look like turning our public assemblies into a general masquerade . The model of this Amazonian ...
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... ment , and to appropriate the residue of his life to the instruction of American youth upon the very limited revenue of 100l . per annum . A plan so evidently the result of the best and purest intentions , Dr. Berkeley enforced with ...
... ment , and to appropriate the residue of his life to the instruction of American youth upon the very limited revenue of 100l . per annum . A plan so evidently the result of the best and purest intentions , Dr. Berkeley enforced with ...
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... ment . His episcopal functions he discharged with all the zeal and unwearied assiduity cha- racteristic of the primitive ages of christianity ; and early after his admission to the Prelacy he formed , and adhered to , the resolution of ...
... ment . His episcopal functions he discharged with all the zeal and unwearied assiduity cha- racteristic of the primitive ages of christianity ; and early after his admission to the Prelacy he formed , and adhered to , the resolution of ...
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