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Page 29
... writing the Greek characters " with great correctness . His time being employed in " study , prevented his joining in ... written by Mr. Jones , at the age of fifteen , and is the original of the poem , which he afterwards published ...
... writing the Greek characters " with great correctness . His time being employed in " study , prevented his joining in ... written by Mr. Jones , at the age of fifteen , and is the original of the poem , which he afterwards published ...
Page 32
... written by himself , which is my authority for these remarks , I find an anecdote related of one of the fellows , who was reading Locke with his own pupils , that he carefully passed over every passage in which that great metaphysician ...
... written by himself , which is my authority for these remarks , I find an anecdote related of one of the fellows , who was reading Locke with his own pupils , that he carefully passed over every passage in which that great metaphysician ...
Page 50
... written some admirable satires . Perhaps you are not acquainted with him . The Turkish poets , in general , are no better than slavish imitators of the Persians , and often deficient in taste and harmony . I cannot comprehend how you ...
... written some admirable satires . Perhaps you are not acquainted with him . The Turkish poets , in general , are no better than slavish imitators of the Persians , and often deficient in taste and harmony . I cannot comprehend how you ...
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... written . To Fortes- cue's little tract we may apply the words of Xenophon , to the Teleboas , " it is not large , but beautiful . " He was Chancellor of England under Henry the VIth , and was compelled , by the distractions of the ...
... written . To Fortes- cue's little tract we may apply the words of Xenophon , to the Teleboas , " it is not large , but beautiful . " He was Chancellor of England under Henry the VIth , and was compelled , by the distractions of the ...
Page 66
... writing of Mr. Jones , con- taining the sketch of a demonstration of the divine authority of the Christian religion . These propositions appear to have been written near the period of the pre- ceding conversation at Harrow . They are ...
... writing of Mr. Jones , con- taining the sketch of a demonstration of the divine authority of the Christian religion . These propositions appear to have been written near the period of the pre- ceding conversation at Harrow . They are ...
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