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... means , such of his father , homorton , in Buck- inghamshire , he lived five years , in which time he is said to have read all the Greek and Latin writers . With what limitations this universality is to be understood , who shall in ...
... means , such of his father , homorton , in Buck- inghamshire , he lived five years , in which time he is said to have read all the Greek and Latin writers . With what limitations this universality is to be understood , who shall in ...
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... means than Mil- ton of knowing what was wanting to the em- bellishments of life , formed the same plan of education in his imaginary college . But the truth is , that the knowledge of exter- nal nature , and the sciences which that know ...
... means than Mil- ton of knowing what was wanting to the em- bellishments of life , formed the same plan of education in his imaginary college . But the truth is , that the knowledge of exter- nal nature , and the sciences which that know ...
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... mean by a mean employ- ment . This , however , his warmest friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber- milliner , and measured his ...
... mean by a mean employ- ment . This , however , his warmest friends seem not to have found ; they therefore shift and palliate . He did not sell literature to all comers at an open shop ; he was a chamber- milliner , and measured his ...
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... Means of removing Hirelings out of the Church . " Oliver was now dead , Richard was constrain- ed to resign : the system of extemporary govern- ment , which had been held together only by force , naturally fell into fragments when that ...
... Means of removing Hirelings out of the Church . " Oliver was now dead , Richard was constrain- ed to resign : the system of extemporary govern- ment , which had been held together only by force , naturally fell into fragments when that ...
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... means wealthy , wanted a domestic companion and attendant ; and therefore , by the recom- mendation of Dr. Paget , married Elizabeth Minshul , of a gentleman's family in Cheshire , probably without a fortune . All his wives were virgins ...
... means wealthy , wanted a domestic companion and attendant ; and therefore , by the recom- mendation of Dr. Paget , married Elizabeth Minshul , of a gentleman's family in Cheshire , probably without a fortune . All his wives were virgins ...
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