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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... obliged to engage in , made me think of publishing the little treatise , which I now take the liberty of presenting to you . part of it consisting of conjectural The greater criticism , among the teachers of which you hold so par ...
... obliged to engage in , made me think of publishing the little treatise , which I now take the liberty of presenting to you . part of it consisting of conjectural The greater criticism , among the teachers of which you hold so par ...
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... obliged for your remarks on Dawes , which I received last Tuesday , and I join in the thanks which I anti- cipate from the reader for the accurate learning which they contain . [ Then follow two long pages , chiefly composed of critical ...
... obliged for your remarks on Dawes , which I received last Tuesday , and I join in the thanks which I anti- cipate from the reader for the accurate learning which they contain . [ Then follow two long pages , chiefly composed of critical ...
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... obliged and grateful Servant , T. BURGESS . C. C. C. , Nov. 29. 1779 . The following letter is a literary curiosity , as coming from a very eminent scholar . The corre- spondence does not appear to have proceeded further . SIR , TO MR ...
... obliged and grateful Servant , T. BURGESS . C. C. C. , Nov. 29. 1779 . The following letter is a literary curiosity , as coming from a very eminent scholar . The corre- spondence does not appear to have proceeded further . SIR , TO MR ...
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... obliged to you for the trouble which you have taken in examining Stobæus , and for your description of the manuscripts , which was new to me . I am glad I happened to mention Porphyry to you , as it has led you to read the Ζητηματα . He ...
... obliged to you for the trouble which you have taken in examining Stobæus , and for your description of the manuscripts , which was new to me . I am glad I happened to mention Porphyry to you , as it has led you to read the Ζητηματα . He ...
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... obliged me very much ) ; but I have been induced to alter my mind , by reading in the papers that one of the Chancellor's prizes for this year has been adjudged to you . Though distrustful , in general , of news- paper intelligence , I ...
... obliged me very much ) ; but I have been induced to alter my mind , by reading in the papers that one of the Chancellor's prizes for this year has been adjudged to you . Though distrustful , in general , of news- paper intelligence , I ...
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