Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen: From the Earliest Times to the Present Period, Arranged in Chronological Order, and Embodying a History of Ireland in the Lives of Irishmen, Volume 5, Part 1James Wills MacGregor, Polson, 1843 - Ireland |
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... persons who delight in the barren perplexities of metaphysics . The controversial opposition which it excited was more shown in the general opposition of emi- nent men , such as Whiston , Clarke , and others , than by any express ...
... persons who delight in the barren perplexities of metaphysics . The controversial opposition which it excited was more shown in the general opposition of emi- nent men , such as Whiston , Clarke , and others , than by any express ...
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... persons of the time ; Steele and Swift , especially the latter , were active in introducing him to those who might be ser- viceable to his advancement . Steele employed him to write several papers in the Guardian , for each of which he ...
... persons of the time ; Steele and Swift , especially the latter , were active in introducing him to those who might be ser- viceable to his advancement . Steele employed him to write several papers in the Guardian , for each of which he ...
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... persons , were his proselytes . I sent him secretary and chaplain to Sicily with my lord Peterborough ; and , upon his lordship's return , Dr Berkeley spent above seven years in travelling over most parts of Europe PERIOD . ] GEORGE ...
... persons , were his proselytes . I sent him secretary and chaplain to Sicily with my lord Peterborough ; and , upon his lordship's return , Dr Berkeley spent above seven years in travelling over most parts of Europe PERIOD . ] GEORGE ...
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... person of your excellent education to encourage . " It would not , indeed , in the records of eminent men , be easy to find a parallel instance , in which a genuine and devoted regard to the higher and truer interests of mankind appears ...
... person of your excellent education to encourage . " It would not , indeed , in the records of eminent men , be easy to find a parallel instance , in which a genuine and devoted regard to the higher and truer interests of mankind appears ...
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... person could have said or done other- wise than to approve of a measure , the advantages of which could not be denied , on any public ground , without first advancing reasons which would be both unpopular and untrue . But , on the part ...
... person could have said or done other- wise than to approve of a measure , the advantages of which could not be denied , on any public ground , without first advancing reasons which would be both unpopular and untrue . But , on the part ...
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