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... letters , being written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than words , contri- bute no otherwise to his reputation than as they show him to have been above the affecta- tion of unseasonable elegance , and to have ...
... letters , being written like those of other men whose minds are more on things than words , contri- bute no otherwise to his reputation than as they show him to have been above the affecta- tion of unseasonable elegance , and to have ...
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... letters , wrote Latin verses with classic elegance . If any exceptions can be e made , they every few Haddon and Ascham , the pride of Elizabeth s He had likewise a daughter , Anne , whom he reign , however they have succeeded in prose ...
... letters , wrote Latin verses with classic elegance . If any exceptions can be e made , they every few Haddon and Ascham , the pride of Elizabeth s He had likewise a daughter , Anne , whom he reign , however they have succeeded in prose ...
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... letter to one of hi friends , who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life , which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable curiosity , and fantastic luxury of various knowledge . To this he writes a cool and plausible answer , in ...
... letter to one of hi friends , who had reproved his suspended and dilatory life , which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable curiosity , and fantastic luxury of various knowledge . To this he writes a cool and plausible answer , in ...
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... letter , but had no an- swer : he sent more with the same success . It could be alleged that letters miscarry ; he there- fore despatched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back with some ...
... letter , but had no an- swer : he sent more with the same success . It could be alleged that letters miscarry ; he there- fore despatched a messenger , being by this time too angry to go himself . His messenger was sent back with some ...
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... letter to Hartlib , had declared , that " to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French , " required that Elwood should learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was necessary , if he would ...
... letter to Hartlib , had declared , that " to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French , " required that Elwood should learn and practise the Italian pronunciation , which , he said , was necessary , if he would ...
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