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... periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of reli- gion , morality , loyalty , and subordination ...
... periods had been collected with the same attention , the whole tenour of what he uttered would have been found equally excellent . His strong , clear , and animated enforcement of reli- gion , morality , loyalty , and subordination ...
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... period of closing life with the light of pious hope . " This is so beautifully imagined , that I would not suppress it . But , like many other theories , it is deduced from a supposed fact , which is , indeed , a fiction * . BOSWELL ...
... period of closing life with the light of pious hope . " This is so beautifully imagined , that I would not suppress it . But , like many other theories , it is deduced from a supposed fact , which is , indeed , a fiction * . BOSWELL ...
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... period , five judges upon the bench of that school : lord chief justice Willis , lord chief baron Parker , Mr. Justice Noel , sir Robert Lloyd , baron of the exchequer , and Mr. Justice , afterwards lord chief justice Wilmot . See ...
... period , five judges upon the bench of that school : lord chief justice Willis , lord chief baron Parker , Mr. Justice Noel , sir Robert Lloyd , baron of the exchequer , and Mr. Justice , afterwards lord chief justice Wilmot . See ...
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... periods of his life , we must not regard his own hasty confession of idleness ; for we see , when he explains himself , that he was acquiring various stores ; and , indeed , he himself concluded the account , with saying , " I would not ...
... periods of his life , we must not regard his own hasty confession of idleness ; for we see , when he explains himself , that he was acquiring various stores ; and , indeed , he himself concluded the account , with saying , " I would not ...
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... period marked his character , gathered such strength in his twentieth year , as to afflict him in a dreadful manner . While he was at Lichfield , in the college vacation of the year 1729 , he felt himself overwhelmed with an horrible ...
... period marked his character , gathered such strength in his twentieth year , as to afflict him in a dreadful manner . While he was at Lichfield , in the college vacation of the year 1729 , he felt himself overwhelmed with an horrible ...
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