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... profeffors of the doctrines of BRAHMA confefs with pride , delight , and furprise , that his knowledge of their facred dialect was moft critically correct and profound . The Pandits , who who were in the habit of attending him , when.
... profeffors of the doctrines of BRAHMA confefs with pride , delight , and furprise , that his knowledge of their facred dialect was moft critically correct and profound . The Pandits , who who were in the habit of attending him , when.
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... delight and know- ledge , to the fublime fpeculations , or mathematical calculations , of BARROW and NEWTON . With them alfo , he professed his conviction of the truth of the Chriftian religion , and he justly deemed it no incon ...
... delight and know- ledge , to the fublime fpeculations , or mathematical calculations , of BARROW and NEWTON . With them alfo , he professed his conviction of the truth of the Chriftian religion , and he justly deemed it no incon ...
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... delight of every fociety , which his converfa- tion exhilarated and improved ; and the public have not only to lament the loss of his talents and abilities , but that of his example . To him , as the founder of our Inftitution , and ...
... delight of every fociety , which his converfa- tion exhilarated and improved ; and the public have not only to lament the loss of his talents and abilities , but that of his example . To him , as the founder of our Inftitution , and ...
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... mind , which had early been accustomed to contemplate with delight the eventful histories and agreeable fictions of this eastern world . It gave me inexpreffible plea- VOL . I. Ꭰ fure fure to find myself in the midst of fo noble.
... mind , which had early been accustomed to contemplate with delight the eventful histories and agreeable fictions of this eastern world . It gave me inexpreffible plea- VOL . I. Ꭰ fure fure to find myself in the midst of fo noble.
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... delightful and useful arts , the scene of glorious actions , fertile in the productions of human genius , abounding in natural wonders , and infinitely diverfified in the forms of religion and government , in the laws , manners ...
... delightful and useful arts , the scene of glorious actions , fertile in the productions of human genius , abounding in natural wonders , and infinitely diverfified in the forms of religion and government , in the laws , manners ...
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