Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D.D., Late Vice-provost of the College of Fort William in Bengal, Volume 1 |
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... native , and lively representation , " which forms the peculiar excellence and use of biography . There is this additional reason for giving to the public some account of Dr. Buchanan , that , from the nature of the subjects to which ...
... native , and lively representation , " which forms the peculiar excellence and use of biography . There is this additional reason for giving to the public some account of Dr. Buchanan , that , from the nature of the subjects to which ...
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... instituted for the instruction of the young , more particularly in the knowledge of the English language ; and the native Christians , a Tac . in vit . Agric . instead of being , as hitherto , neglected , and PREFACE . ΧΙ.
... instituted for the instruction of the young , more particularly in the knowledge of the English language ; and the native Christians , a Tac . in vit . Agric . instead of being , as hitherto , neglected , and PREFACE . ΧΙ.
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... native country , under very singular circumstances , and entered upon a project , on which , as it after- wards appeared , depended the future tenor of his life . Mr. Buchanan had , from his earliest years , been intended by his parents ...
... native country , under very singular circumstances , and entered upon a project , on which , as it after- wards appeared , depended the future tenor of his life . Mr. Buchanan had , from his earliest years , been intended by his parents ...
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... native country , to obtain the object of his wishes . Strange and unpromising as this project undoubtedly was , he was eager to accomplish it . But though his thoughtless ardour reconciled him to the culpable expedient of deceiving his ...
... native country , to obtain the object of his wishes . Strange and unpromising as this project undoubtedly was , he was eager to accomplish it . But though his thoughtless ardour reconciled him to the culpable expedient of deceiving his ...
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... native country and friends , and his intended travels upon the continent , he suggests the obvious question , how he was to accomplish such a plan , destitute as he was of pecuniary resources . To this he replies , that the greater his ...
... native country and friends , and his intended travels upon the continent , he suggests the obvious question , how he was to accomplish such a plan , destitute as he was of pecuniary resources . To this he replies , that the greater his ...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the REV. Claudius Buchanan, D.D., Late ... Hugh Nicholas Pearson No preview available - 2015 |
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