Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Rev. Claudius Buchanan, D.D.: Late Vice-provost of the College of Fort William in Bengal |
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... writer is upright in his general views , and simple in the expression of them , his correspondence formed one of the principal sources of the Memoirs a Thucyd . Hist . ii . 35 . here presented to the public ; some valuable private ...
... writer is upright in his general views , and simple in the expression of them , his correspondence formed one of the principal sources of the Memoirs a Thucyd . Hist . ii . 35 . here presented to the public ; some valuable private ...
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... writing very rarely , but al- " ways giving my mother pleasing accounts of my health and ❝ situation . " Notwithstanding the preceding brief observation , that his allowance from his employers enabled him to make a gen- teel appearance ...
... writing very rarely , but al- " ways giving my mother pleasing accounts of my health and ❝ situation . " Notwithstanding the preceding brief observation , that his allowance from his employers enabled him to make a gen- teel appearance ...
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... writing in February 1791 , " on a Sunday evening , a gentle- " man of my acquaintance called upon me . I knew him to " be a serious young man , and out of complaisance to him I " gave the conversation a religious turn . Among other ...
... writing in February 1791 , " on a Sunday evening , a gentle- " man of my acquaintance called upon me . I knew him to " be a serious young man , and out of complaisance to him I " gave the conversation a religious turn . Among other ...
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... writer . His letter , however , being not only without any signature , but without any reference to the place of his residence , the only method which occurred to Mr. Newton of conveying any reply to him was , by giving notice in his ...
... writer . His letter , however , being not only without any signature , but without any reference to the place of his residence , the only method which occurred to Mr. Newton of conveying any reply to him was , by giving notice in his ...
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... writer , " mean to un- " dervalue , or speak lightly of such changes , whenever , or " in whomsoever they take place ; nor to deny that they " may be sudden , yet lasting : nay , I am rather inclined to " think that it is in this manner ...
... writer , " mean to un- " dervalue , or speak lightly of such changes , whenever , or " in whomsoever they take place ; nor to deny that they " may be sudden , yet lasting : nay , I am rather inclined to " think that it is in this manner ...
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