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... honour to Mr. Forster . ” — British Magazine . " The Life of this exemplary Prelate , this amiable , accomplished , and pious man , not only teems with the most weighty lessons , of a practical kind , for the imitation of every ...
... honour to Mr. Forster . ” — British Magazine . " The Life of this exemplary Prelate , this amiable , accomplished , and pious man , not only teems with the most weighty lessons , of a practical kind , for the imitation of every ...
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... desecrated by the mechanical or trivial nature of their presentment , this publication deserves all honour . " - Athenæum . LONDON - MOYES AND BARCLAY , 28 CASTLE STREET , LEICESTER SQUARE . In Two Volumes , 8vo , price 12s . each.
... desecrated by the mechanical or trivial nature of their presentment , this publication deserves all honour . " - Athenæum . LONDON - MOYES AND BARCLAY , 28 CASTLE STREET , LEICESTER SQUARE . In Two Volumes , 8vo , price 12s . each.
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... honours , conquest , or a throne , Are what the wise would fear to call their own . Health is at best a vain precarious thing , And fair - fac'd youth is ever on the wing ; + ' Tis like the stream , beside whose wat❜ry bed Some ...
... honours , conquest , or a throne , Are what the wise would fear to call their own . Health is at best a vain precarious thing , And fair - fac'd youth is ever on the wing ; + ' Tis like the stream , beside whose wat❜ry bed Some ...
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... honour in the dust . To - morrow se'nnight I hope to be in town , and not long after at Cambridge . I am , & c . Burnham , Sept. 1737 . XI . MR . WEST TO MR . GRAY . RECEIVING no answer to my last letter , which I writ above a month ago ...
... honour in the dust . To - morrow se'nnight I hope to be in town , and not long after at Cambridge . I am , & c . Burnham , Sept. 1737 . XI . MR . WEST TO MR . GRAY . RECEIVING no answer to my last letter , which I writ above a month ago ...
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... honour than it deserves ; and all they will learn from thence will be , that I desire you to give my duty to my father , and wherever else it is due , and that I am , & c . XIX . MR . GRAY TO HIS MOTHER . Rome , April 15 , 1740. Good ...
... honour than it deserves ; and all they will learn from thence will be , that I desire you to give my duty to my father , and wherever else it is due , and that I am , & c . XIX . MR . GRAY TO HIS MOTHER . Rome , April 15 , 1740. Good ...
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