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... probably better calculated to bring forward his abilities than a public school . He was fortu- nate , likewise , in being placed under the tuition of Mr. Thomas Rowe , a dissenting minister ; a man of considerable taste and learning ...
... probably better calculated to bring forward his abilities than a public school . He was fortu- nate , likewise , in being placed under the tuition of Mr. Thomas Rowe , a dissenting minister ; a man of considerable taste and learning ...
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... probably be thought either very requisite , or very useful : O thou , who with a happy genius born , Canst tuneful verse in flowing numbers turn , Crown'd on thy Windsor's plains with early bays , Be early wise , nor trust to barren ...
... probably be thought either very requisite , or very useful : O thou , who with a happy genius born , Canst tuneful verse in flowing numbers turn , Crown'd on thy Windsor's plains with early bays , Be early wise , nor trust to barren ...
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... probably , inconsiderate in his choice of Fontenelle , whose chief merit consists in those beauties of style which are nearly , or altogether , evanescent during the pro- cess of transmission . Hughes , notwithstanding all his literary ...
... probably , inconsiderate in his choice of Fontenelle , whose chief merit consists in those beauties of style which are nearly , or altogether , evanescent during the pro- cess of transmission . Hughes , notwithstanding all his literary ...
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... probably smile at the reproof and apprehensions of the Spectator ; time has ascertained its utility as a travelling dress , and , I believe , neither the chastity nor the modesty of the sex has suffered by the experiment . Could our ...
... probably smile at the reproof and apprehensions of the Spectator ; time has ascertained its utility as a travelling dress , and , I believe , neither the chastity nor the modesty of the sex has suffered by the experiment . Could our ...
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... probably never forget the mission of this great and good man ; his kindness , charity , and beneficence , his animating example and unwearied labours in the discharge of his clerical functions , during the whole time of his residence in ...
... probably never forget the mission of this great and good man ; his kindness , charity , and beneficence , his animating example and unwearied labours in the discharge of his clerical functions , during the whole time of his residence in ...
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