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... bishop of Rochester ; acknowl . Additions to the Life and Character of that prelate ; prefixed to those works ; acknowl . 1777. Various Papers and Letters in favour of the reverend Dr. Dodd ; ack . 1780. Advertisement for his Friend Mr ...
... bishop of Rochester ; acknowl . Additions to the Life and Character of that prelate ; prefixed to those works ; acknowl . 1777. Various Papers and Letters in favour of the reverend Dr. Dodd ; ack . 1780. Advertisement for his Friend Mr ...
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... bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value of my own work , by contrast- ing it with that of which I have spoken , is so well ...
... bishop Warburton to Dr. Birch , on the subject of biography ; which , though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully raising the value of my own work , by contrast- ing it with that of which I have spoken , is so well ...
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... bishop of Lincoln , whose character in the learned world is well known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became chaplain to archbishop Boulter , and by that connexion obtained good preferment in Ire- land ...
... bishop of Lincoln , whose character in the learned world is well known . In the same form with Johnson was Congreve , who afterwards became chaplain to archbishop Boulter , and by that connexion obtained good preferment in Ire- land ...
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... bishop of Dromore , who was long inti- mately acquainted with him , and has preserved a few anec- dotes concerning him , regretting that he was not a more diligent collector , informs me , that " when a boy he was immoderately fond of ...
... bishop of Dromore , who was long inti- mately acquainted with him , and has preserved a few anec- dotes concerning him , regretting that he was not a more diligent collector , informs me , that " when a boy he was immoderately fond of ...
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... bishop of Dromore , his progress at his two grammar schools : " At one , I learned much in the school , but little from the master ; in the other , I learned much from the master , but little in the school . " The bishop also informs me ...
... bishop of Dromore , his progress at his two grammar schools : " At one , I learned much in the school , but little from the master ; in the other , I learned much from the master , but little in the school . " The bishop also informs me ...
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