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Page v
... thought with those which I had written at a later period . In reviewing them , passages some- times appeared which I imagined might be service- able , either for admonition or consolation to various classes of persons ; and the thought ...
... thought with those which I had written at a later period . In reviewing them , passages some- times appeared which I imagined might be service- able , either for admonition or consolation to various classes of persons ; and the thought ...
Page vi
... thought and style which will run through all the compositions of an Author who is not copying others , but writing from his own reflections ; and partly , from the coincidence of some general topics and allusions which recur frequently ...
... thought and style which will run through all the compositions of an Author who is not copying others , but writing from his own reflections ; and partly , from the coincidence of some general topics and allusions which recur frequently ...
Page viii
... thoughts . History , in particular , he resolved to study in this manner ; and , in concert with some of his youthful associates , he constructed a very comprehensive scheme of chronological tables , viii THE LIFE OF.
... thoughts . History , in particular , he resolved to study in this manner ; and , in concert with some of his youthful associates , he constructed a very comprehensive scheme of chronological tables , viii THE LIFE OF.
Page xiv
... thought of his success with a satisfaction which he did not affect to conceal ; inaccessible alike to gloomy and to peevish impressions , it was always master of its own movements , and ready , in an un- common degree , to take an ...
... thought of his success with a satisfaction which he did not affect to conceal ; inaccessible alike to gloomy and to peevish impressions , it was always master of its own movements , and ready , in an un- common degree , to take an ...
Page xviii
... thought , in vivid flashes of imagination , or in pathetic " addresses to the heart . But there never was a public " teacher in whom all these requisites were combined in juster CC proportions , placed under the direction of a more ...
... thought , in vivid flashes of imagination , or in pathetic " addresses to the heart . But there never was a public " teacher in whom all these requisites were combined in juster CC proportions , placed under the direction of a more ...
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