The Life of Thomas Burgess, D.D.: F.R.S., F.A.S., &c. &c. &c., Late Lord Bishop of SalisburyLongman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1840 - 557 pages |
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... Greek philosophers and poets , with critical attention , and being fond of the philosophy of language , ap- plied its principles to the investigation of the origin and formation of that of Greece , with an acuteness which contributed ...
... Greek philosophers and poets , with critical attention , and being fond of the philosophy of language , ap- plied its principles to the investigation of the origin and formation of that of Greece , with an acuteness which contributed ...
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... Greek language . This , how- ever , is a subtle and recondite question , upon which eminent scholars have differed , and will continue to differ ; it is a question also , with respect to which very ingenious , and yet conflicting ...
... Greek language . This , how- ever , is a subtle and recondite question , upon which eminent scholars have differed , and will continue to differ ; it is a question also , with respect to which very ingenious , and yet conflicting ...
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... languages was very ex- tensive ; and he was critically conversant with those of Greece and Rome . Philology was his favourite study c 3 BISHOP BURGESS . 21 CHAP IV 1780 Commencement of Friendship with Mr Tyrwhitt — Cor- respondence with ...
... languages was very ex- tensive ; and he was critically conversant with those of Greece and Rome . Philology was his favourite study c 3 BISHOP BURGESS . 21 CHAP IV 1780 Commencement of Friendship with Mr Tyrwhitt — Cor- respondence with ...
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... Greek , and something which people spoke , or may be supposed to have spoken , before Latin and Greek ? I am obliged ... language which he must avoid in any future work , if he means to pass for Chaucer . A - propos to Chaucer , let me ...
... Greek , and something which people spoke , or may be supposed to have spoken , before Latin and Greek ? I am obliged ... language which he must avoid in any future work , if he means to pass for Chaucer . A - propos to Chaucer , let me ...
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... language and architecture , and from the nature of their laws and institutions , he touches , in the following ... Greece , the astonished spectator turned from the statue of Phidias to the awful and majestic Jupiter of Homer . By ...
... language and architecture , and from the nature of their laws and institutions , he touches , in the following ... Greece , the astonished spectator turned from the statue of Phidias to the awful and majestic Jupiter of Homer . By ...
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Abergwilly acquaintance addressed affectionate ancient attention authority Barrington Bishop Burgess Bishop of Durham Bishop of Salisbury Bishop of St blessed CHAP chaplain character Christ Christian Church Church of England clergy College critical Cyprian David's Dawes DEAR LORD DEAR SIR delighted Digamma diocese Diocese of Salisbury Divine doctrine Durham duties edition eminent expressed faithful Father favour feelings following letter give Gospel Greek Greek language habits happy heart Holy Homer honour hope interest Irenæus Jesus kind labour Lampeter language late Latin learned literary living LORD MONBODDO Lordship manner ment mind Mongewell object obliged occasion opinion Oxford parish particular passage pleasure principles question racter readers religion religious respect Rome Rural Deans scholar Scriptures sermon Servant sincerely Society spirit Terentianus Maurus testimony thing THOMAS BURGESS thou tion treatise Tyrwhitt various venerable verse Villoison Welbeck Street wish writing
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