Parriana: Miscellaneous materials bearing on Parr's controversiesEdmund Henry Barker Henry Colburn, 1829 |
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... called him ? Orthodox divine , able textuary , exact translator , or elegant writer ? I praised him for his labour and industry well employed ; and this may be es- teemed no mean praise , since every age produces persons superior to him ...
... called him ? Orthodox divine , able textuary , exact translator , or elegant writer ? I praised him for his labour and industry well employed ; and this may be es- teemed no mean praise , since every age produces persons superior to him ...
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... called upon me at Lin- coln's Inn , and we soon became intimate . The reverend divine , with the black garb and clerical wig , was now transformed into the man of fashion , with his velvet , satin - lined coat , embroidered however ...
... called upon me at Lin- coln's Inn , and we soon became intimate . The reverend divine , with the black garb and clerical wig , was now transformed into the man of fashion , with his velvet , satin - lined coat , embroidered however ...
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... called to the Bar , which calling he received in due season . * While he was yet in lodgings , he invited me to dinner , and desired me not to be surprised , and expressed his hope that I should not be scandalized , if I saw a third ...
... called to the Bar , which calling he received in due season . * While he was yet in lodgings , he invited me to dinner , and desired me not to be surprised , and expressed his hope that I should not be scandalized , if I saw a third ...
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... called the Quebec - Act , by which a constitution in the true Tory style , and under the auspices , if not by the pen , of Lord Mansfield , was given to Canada . In that work I had some small share . Before I had any know- ledge of this ...
... called the Quebec - Act , by which a constitution in the true Tory style , and under the auspices , if not by the pen , of Lord Mansfield , was given to Canada . In that work I had some small share . Before I had any know- ledge of this ...
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... called Education ; but his taste was ill - adapted to poetry , of which unfortunately he never could be persuaded ; and this erroneous estimate of his talents led him to translate Martial , for which he issued proposals about 1778 , and ...
... called Education ; but his taste was ill - adapted to poetry , of which unfortunately he never could be persuaded ; and this erroneous estimate of his talents led him to translate Martial , for which he issued proposals about 1778 , and ...
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