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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... interest . But expectations of this description arise , as Dr. Johnson observes , from false measures of excellence and dignity , and " must be eradicated by considering that , in the esteem of un- corrupted reason , what is of most use ...
... interest . But expectations of this description arise , as Dr. Johnson observes , from false measures of excellence and dignity , and " must be eradicated by considering that , in the esteem of un- corrupted reason , what is of most use ...
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... interest general readers , various particulars , familiar to scholars , are occasionally ex- plained , and when quotations from the learned languages are introduced , upon which the point or meaning of a passage depends , a translation ...
... interest general readers , various particulars , familiar to scholars , are occasionally ex- plained , and when quotations from the learned languages are introduced , upon which the point or meaning of a passage depends , a translation ...
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... interest . Mr. Tyrwhitt was educated at Eton and Oxford . In 1761 he became Clerk of the House of Com- mons ; but resigned this office , after occupying it for six or seven years , in consequence of the effects of fatigue and late hours ...
... interest . Mr. Tyrwhitt was educated at Eton and Oxford . In 1761 he became Clerk of the House of Com- mons ; but resigned this office , after occupying it for six or seven years , in consequence of the effects of fatigue and late hours ...
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... , which I think will interest you . A scheme is much talked of , and is soon to be introduced into convocation , by which a fund is to be raised for the purchasing of books for the Bodleian library , the defects BISHOP BURGESS . 27.
... , which I think will interest you . A scheme is much talked of , and is soon to be introduced into convocation , by which a fund is to be raised for the purchasing of books for the Bodleian library , the defects BISHOP BURGESS . 27.
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... interest to scholars , it might , perhaps , be deemed out of place in the text by general readers . SIR , Dean's Yard , March 7. 1781 . You are so much better informed upon the subject of the di- gamma , than myself , that it would ...
... interest to scholars , it might , perhaps , be deemed out of place in the text by general readers . SIR , Dean's Yard , March 7. 1781 . You are so much better informed upon the subject of the di- gamma , than myself , that it would ...
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