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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... Opinion of Scholars upon.t the Work CHAP . IV . 1780 . Commencement of Friendship with Mr. Tyrwhitt.- Cor- respondence with him · 9 · 14 - 21 CHAP . V. 1780 to 1781 . Obtains the Chancellor's Prize . Extracts from the Prize - Essay ...
... Opinion of Scholars upon.t the Work CHAP . IV . 1780 . Commencement of Friendship with Mr. Tyrwhitt.- Cor- respondence with him · 9 · 14 - 21 CHAP . V. 1780 to 1781 . Obtains the Chancellor's Prize . Extracts from the Prize - Essay ...
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... OPINION OF SCHOLARS UPON THE WORK . 1778 to 1780 . In the year 1778 Mr. Burgess took his Bachelor's degree . His philological ardour now led him to engage in preparing for the press a new edition of Dawes ' Miscellanea Critica , a work ...
... OPINION OF SCHOLARS UPON THE WORK . 1778 to 1780 . In the year 1778 Mr. Burgess took his Bachelor's degree . His philological ardour now led him to engage in preparing for the press a new edition of Dawes ' Miscellanea Critica , a work ...
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... opinions may , it appears to us , be reconciled by the supposition , that the pronunciation of this letter slightly varied in different states of Greece . Of the existence of the digamma at periods long subsequent to the age of Homer ...
... opinions may , it appears to us , be reconciled by the supposition , that the pronunciation of this letter slightly varied in different states of Greece . Of the existence of the digamma at periods long subsequent to the age of Homer ...
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... opinion entertained of his erudition by such scholars as Wyttenbach and Villoison , Burney and Vincent . Their united com- mendation forms a decisive answer to the depreciat- ing tone in which his services as a critic and a scholar are ...
... opinion entertained of his erudition by such scholars as Wyttenbach and Villoison , Burney and Vincent . Their united com- mendation forms a decisive answer to the depreciat- ing tone in which his services as a critic and a scholar are ...
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... opinion and sentiment with him , upon many in- teresting points arising out of their kindred studies . He , himself , was now advanced in life ; and was capable , from his acknowledged wisdom and ex- perience , of giving the most ...
... opinion and sentiment with him , upon many in- teresting points arising out of their kindred studies . He , himself , was now advanced in life ; and was capable , from his acknowledged wisdom and ex- perience , of giving the most ...
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