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The impression made on the public by a work , which purported to convey the pious and eloquent language of a dying King , could not fail to be very considerable ; and , though its genuineness was from the beginning doubted or ...
The impression made on the public by a work , which purported to convey the pious and eloquent language of a dying King , could not fail to be very considerable ; and , though its genuineness was from the beginning doubted or ...
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Without them , no question on such a sub- ject could ever be raised ; since it would be idle to expose the spuriousness of what no one appeared to think authentic . Dr Gauden , a divine of considerable talents , but of a tem- porizing ...
Without them , no question on such a sub- ject could ever be raised ; since it would be idle to expose the spuriousness of what no one appeared to think authentic . Dr Gauden , a divine of considerable talents , but of a tem- porizing ...
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The confession of Clarendon is more important , from being apparently wrung from him , af- ter the lapse of a considerable time : in the first part of which he evaded acknowledgment in conversation , while in the latter part he incurred ...
The confession of Clarendon is more important , from being apparently wrung from him , af- ter the lapse of a considerable time : in the first part of which he evaded acknowledgment in conversation , while in the latter part he incurred ...
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These suppressions and variations remind us of an incident once of considerable note in our literary history . About the year 1730 , Oldmixon , an historical writer of moderate talent , whose works are not without useful information ...
These suppressions and variations remind us of an incident once of considerable note in our literary history . About the year 1730 , Oldmixon , an historical writer of moderate talent , whose works are not without useful information ...
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The only difference is , that he begins grammar as a study , after he has made a considerable progress in the language , and not before , a very important feature in the Hamiltonian system , and a very great improvement in the education ...
The only difference is , that he begins grammar as a study , after he has made a considerable progress in the language , and not before , a very important feature in the Hamiltonian system , and a very great improvement in the education ...
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Page 68 - And though the Greek learning grew in credit amongst the Romans, towards the end of their commonwealth, yet it was the Roman tongue that was made the study of their youth: their own language they were to make use of, and therefore it was their own language they were instructed and exercised in.
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