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... notices which are not of a nature to exact my thanks , or to impress me with any strong idea of a just and honourable mind . Of one of my translations alone has he con- descended to speak ; and of this he has judged " " it right to ...
... notices which are not of a nature to exact my thanks , or to impress me with any strong idea of a just and honourable mind . Of one of my translations alone has he con- descended to speak ; and of this he has judged " " it right to ...
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... notice . But a regard to the cause of morals and the best interests of man seems to justify that indignation which would brand , again and again , the hand lifted in violation of the illustrious dead . The dead , indeed , are at rest ...
... notice . But a regard to the cause of morals and the best interests of man seems to justify that indignation which would brand , again and again , the hand lifted in violation of the illustrious dead . The dead , indeed , are at rest ...
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... notice , was born , at his father's house in Bread Street , on the 9th and was baptized on the 20th of December , 1608. His promise of future excellence was made , as we are assured , at a very early period ; and the advantages which he ...
... notice , was born , at his father's house in Bread Street , on the 9th and was baptized on the 20th of December , 1608. His promise of future excellence was made , as we are assured , at a very early period ; and the advantages which he ...
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... notice the name of a Mr. Nathaniel Tovey as one of its fellows : but give no intimation of his having succeeded to the fectory of Lutterworth , or of Milton's having been transferred to * Vol . LXXVI . 595 . was hitherto been exempted ...
... notice the name of a Mr. Nathaniel Tovey as one of its fellows : but give no intimation of his having succeeded to the fectory of Lutterworth , or of Milton's having been transferred to * Vol . LXXVI . 595 . was hitherto been exempted ...
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... notice two in the Damon , one of them evidently a slip of the pen , as in a former instance he had observed the right quantity , and the other an un- warrantable licence rather than a fault of this specific description . In the Ideá ...
... notice two in the Damon , one of them evidently a slip of the pen , as in a former instance he had observed the right quantity , and the other an un- warrantable licence rather than a fault of this specific description . In the Ideá ...
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