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Page 39
... ancient or modern . Of this fact he acknowledged that he had never before entertained an idea . He was now qualified to appreciate , with more accuracy , the merits and defects of the republican system of Greece and Rome , for which he ...
... ancient or modern . Of this fact he acknowledged that he had never before entertained an idea . He was now qualified to appreciate , with more accuracy , the merits and defects of the republican system of Greece and Rome , for which he ...
Page 57
... among them of a more ancient poetry . If the Hebrew poetry had a similar construction , which may , indeed , be suspected from a similar use of the vowels , K we might by this time have traced , without difficulty SIR WILLIAM JONES . 57.
... among them of a more ancient poetry . If the Hebrew poetry had a similar construction , which may , indeed , be suspected from a similar use of the vowels , K we might by this time have traced , without difficulty SIR WILLIAM JONES . 57.
Page 58
... ancient people , whence he argues to a presumption that their poets used the same numbers , feet , and measures , in their compositions . † Appendix , No. 7 . during the noise of riotous mobs , and the tumult 58 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... ancient people , whence he argues to a presumption that their poets used the same numbers , feet , and measures , in their compositions . † Appendix , No. 7 . during the noise of riotous mobs , and the tumult 58 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
Page 66
... to believe , that the writings of Isaiah and the Hebrew prophets , as that those of Homer and the Greek poets , are more ancient than the time of Jesus . Objection . Some men might have an interest in forging 66 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... to believe , that the writings of Isaiah and the Hebrew prophets , as that those of Homer and the Greek poets , are more ancient than the time of Jesus . Objection . Some men might have an interest in forging 66 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
Page 67
... ancient writings , especially Isaiah , allude to some great event , and to some real extraordinary person , " who was put to death , and complained not , " & c . Isa . c . liii . PROP . III . The life and death of Jesus , his virtues ...
... ancient writings , especially Isaiah , allude to some great event , and to some real extraordinary person , " who was put to death , and complained not , " & c . Isa . c . liii . PROP . III . The life and death of Jesus , his virtues ...
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