Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 3 |
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... never acknowledged , and are now unknown . To the Spectator he gave considerable assistance , and his share in the first seven volumes is discriminated by the signature X. In the eighth volume also , and in the Guardian , he has ...
... never acknowledged , and are now unknown . To the Spectator he gave considerable assistance , and his share in the first seven volumes is discriminated by the signature X. In the eighth volume also , and in the Guardian , he has ...
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... never carried his designs into execution . As it was reported that Dr. Conybeare was rewarded with the deanery of Christ - church , for answering the first part of " Christianity as old as the Creation , " Mr. Budgell used to say , that ...
... never carried his designs into execution . As it was reported that Dr. Conybeare was rewarded with the deanery of Christ - church , for answering the first part of " Christianity as old as the Creation , " Mr. Budgell used to say , that ...
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... never made him peevish or sour to those whom he saw in them ; but his humanity was such , that he could partake and share those plea- sures he beheld others enjoy , without repining that he 36 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
... never made him peevish or sour to those whom he saw in them ; but his humanity was such , that he could partake and share those plea- sures he beheld others enjoy , without repining that he 36 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
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... whom a better man was never born , and whose funeral rites I myself performed , whereas he ought ra ther to have attended mine . Yet has not his soul . ( deserted me , but , seeming to cast 48 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
... whom a better man was never born , and whose funeral rites I myself performed , whereas he ought ra ther to have attended mine . Yet has not his soul . ( deserted me , but , seeming to cast 48 BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SKETCHES .
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... never yet been unfolded ; but , singular as it may appear , Dr. Reid was the first person who had courage to lay completely aside all the common hypothetical language concerning perception , and to exhibit the difficulty in all its ...
... never yet been unfolded ; but , singular as it may appear , Dr. Reid was the first person who had courage to lay completely aside all the common hypothetical language concerning perception , and to exhibit the difficulty in all its ...
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