Memoir of the life of John Bowdler, esq. [by T. Bowdler. Sig. D2, M5,6, V2 are cancels. Sig. E8 has been replaced by 8 leaves, sig. N7 by 2 leaves].1825 |
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Page 25
... short , in almost every branch of useful knowledge ; and , being always ready to assist and advise his friends and neighbours , his death was an irreparable loss , not only to his wife and children , but to all that part of the country ...
... short , in almost every branch of useful knowledge ; and , being always ready to assist and advise his friends and neighbours , his death was an irreparable loss , not only to his wife and children , but to all that part of the country ...
Page 30
... short a notice . The long account of follies and infirmities is now sealed and no penitence can revoke the sentence passed upon him . Yet do I firmly believe that his life has been such as to re- commend him to to the mercy of his ...
... short a notice . The long account of follies and infirmities is now sealed and no penitence can revoke the sentence passed upon him . Yet do I firmly believe that his life has been such as to re- commend him to to the mercy of his ...
Page 32
... short of you . O , did I live where you do , I could never want subjects ; but I have none without I go deep , and that , as Cicero says above , Magnum opus est egetque exercita- tione non parva . ' But stop , and let me answer thine ...
... short of you . O , did I live where you do , I could never want subjects ; but I have none without I go deep , and that , as Cicero says above , Magnum opus est egetque exercita- tione non parva . ' But stop , and let me answer thine ...
Page 59
... short years will bring you to that period ; and yet I ought rather to bless God that he has hitherto preserved you , and that you are still so free from the infirmities of old age . May you long continue so ! even so long as to become ...
... short years will bring you to that period ; and yet I ought rather to bless God that he has hitherto preserved you , and that you are still so free from the infirmities of old age . May you long continue so ! even so long as to become ...
Page 65
... short , instruction is the method appointed by God from the beginning , prac- tised not only by the Hebrews , but by the Greeks and Ro- mans , among whom the greatest men thought it an honour to teach their children ; and were it ...
... short , instruction is the method appointed by God from the beginning , prac- tised not only by the Hebrews , but by the Greeks and Ro- mans , among whom the greatest men thought it an honour to teach their children ; and were it ...
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