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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... found feelings of veneration and love springing up in my heart towards you , whom I already knew by your most elegant edition of Dawes's Miscellanies . C upon the ingenious Dawes , quoted therein . It is BISHOP BURGESS . 17.
... found feelings of veneration and love springing up in my heart towards you , whom I already knew by your most elegant edition of Dawes's Miscellanies . C upon the ingenious Dawes , quoted therein . It is BISHOP BURGESS . 17.
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... heart , and by the mildness and elegance of his manners . His taste was refined and fastidious , and his mental sagacity of a high order . - Such a man was justly entitled to the compliment of a dedication of the new edition of the ...
... heart , and by the mildness and elegance of his manners . His taste was refined and fastidious , and his mental sagacity of a high order . - Such a man was justly entitled to the compliment of a dedication of the new edition of the ...
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... heart of Mr. Burgess , that , even in the latest periods of his life , he was wont to dwell upon it with the freshness of almost youthful gratitude . His pecuniary resources were narrow ; and , finding his expenses at Oxford more ...
... heart of Mr. Burgess , that , even in the latest periods of his life , he was wont to dwell upon it with the freshness of almost youthful gratitude . His pecuniary resources were narrow ; and , finding his expenses at Oxford more ...
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... heart which distinguished him in after life . Of these , nearly all have paid the debt of nature , but among the few that sur- vive , those whom the author has had the privilege of consulting , either personally or through friends ...
... heart which distinguished him in after life . Of these , nearly all have paid the debt of nature , but among the few that sur- vive , those whom the author has had the privilege of consulting , either personally or through friends ...
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... heart than these throughout the remainder of his life . To his first assiduous ex- ertions , therefore , of this description , for the good of his fellow - creatures , his biographer may be allowed to recur with peculiar interest ...
... heart than these throughout the remainder of his life . To his first assiduous ex- ertions , therefore , of this description , for the good of his fellow - creatures , his biographer may be allowed to recur with peculiar interest ...
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