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... learned , and the ingenious ; all these qualities I can , in perfect con- fidence of not being accused of flattery , ascribe to you . If a man may indulge an honest pride , in having it known to the world , that he has been thought.
... learned , and the ingenious ; all these qualities I can , in perfect con- fidence of not being accused of flattery , ascribe to you . If a man may indulge an honest pride , in having it known to the world , that he has been thought.
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... learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions . These I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto , for the accommodation of the purchasers ...
... learned and ingenious men , by which I have been enabled to rectify some mistakes , and to enrich the work with many valuable additions . These I have ordered to be printed separately in quarto , for the accommodation of the purchasers ...
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... 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 . He was a younger son of the ancient family ...
... 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 . He was a younger son of the ancient family ...
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... 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 , that " Dr. Johnson's father , before he was received at Stourbridge ...
... 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 , that " Dr. Johnson's father , before he was received at Stourbridge ...
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... learned , philosophical , and pious Dr. Cheyne has so well treated under the title of The English Malady . Though he suffered severely from it , he was not therefore degraded . The powers of his great mind might be troubled , and their ...
... learned , philosophical , and pious Dr. Cheyne has so well treated under the title of The English Malady . Though he suffered severely from it , he was not therefore degraded . The powers of his great mind might be troubled , and their ...
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