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... received from it was never effaced . At a period of mature judgment he considered the passage as equal in sublimity to any in the inspired writers , and far superior to any that could be produced from mere human compositions ; and he ...
... received from it was never effaced . At a period of mature judgment he considered the passage as equal in sublimity to any in the inspired writers , and far superior to any that could be produced from mere human compositions ; and he ...
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... received your letter , I was very concerned to hear the death of your friend Mr. Reynolds , which I * Works of Sir William Jones , vol . ii . page 627 . consider as a piece of affliction common to us both 22 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... received your letter , I was very concerned to hear the death of your friend Mr. Reynolds , which I * Works of Sir William Jones , vol . ii . page 627 . consider as a piece of affliction common to us both 22 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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... received his education there ; but Dr. Glasse , who had private pupils at Harrow , and had always distinguished Jones by the kindest attention , recommended Oxford . His choice was adopted by Mrs. Jones , who , in com- pliance with the ...
... received his education there ; but Dr. Glasse , who had private pupils at Harrow , and had always distinguished Jones by the kindest attention , recommended Oxford . His choice was adopted by Mrs. Jones , who , in com- pliance with the ...
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... received , through Mr. Arden , whose sister was married to his friend Sumner , an offer to be the private tutor of Lord Al- thorpe , now Earl Spencer . He had been recommended to the family of this nobleman by Dr. Shipley , to whom he ...
... received , through Mr. Arden , whose sister was married to his friend Sumner , an offer to be the private tutor of Lord Al- thorpe , now Earl Spencer . He had been recommended to the family of this nobleman by Dr. Shipley , to whom he ...
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... received a proposal from Mr. Sutton , then under - secretary to the duke of Grafton ; the account of which I shall relate nearly in his own words . * The king of Denmark , then upon a visit to this country , had brought with him an ...
... received a proposal from Mr. Sutton , then under - secretary to the duke of Grafton ; the account of which I shall relate nearly in his own words . * The king of Denmark , then upon a visit to this country , had brought with him an ...
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