Memoir of the Life of John Bowdler, EsqLongman & Company, 1825 - 348 pages |
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Page 14
... considerable effort and enterprize . But it was a time also ( and in this respect likewise our own age happily bears a close resemblance to it ) when some laymen of distinguished excellence united with several of the clergy in ...
... considerable effort and enterprize . But it was a time also ( and in this respect likewise our own age happily bears a close resemblance to it ) when some laymen of distinguished excellence united with several of the clergy in ...
Page 17
... considerable benefit from his advice , Sir Robert indulged towards him all the feelings of a warm and generous heart ; his son looked up to his father's friend with filial reverence and affection , soliciting his advice , reposing with ...
... considerable benefit from his advice , Sir Robert indulged towards him all the feelings of a warm and generous heart ; his son looked up to his father's friend with filial reverence and affection , soliciting his advice , reposing with ...
Page 21
... considerable size , though many questions , which oc- casionally were asked , were never set down in it . I did not confine myself to go through it in a regular manner , but gene- rally used to ask a few questions on each part of the ...
... considerable size , though many questions , which oc- casionally were asked , were never set down in it . I did not confine myself to go through it in a regular manner , but gene- rally used to ask a few questions on each part of the ...
Page 43
... considerable poetical talent , and of great taste and power in theatrical declam- ation . He was bred a solicitor , but being some- times perhaps inclined to " pen a stanza when he should engross , " he addressed his friend in lan ...
... considerable poetical talent , and of great taste and power in theatrical declam- ation . He was bred a solicitor , but being some- times perhaps inclined to " pen a stanza when he should engross , " he addressed his friend in lan ...
Page 87
... considerable portion of the last century , there seemed to be great danger of its being much neglected . The opinion of the Non- jurors was also much more consonant to the lan- guage of the Primitive Church , to which , as the best ...
... considerable portion of the last century , there seemed to be great danger of its being much neglected . The opinion of the Non- jurors was also much more consonant to the lan- guage of the Primitive Church , to which , as the best ...
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