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... minds of my readers ; but whilft I distrust my own efforts , I am equally anxious to guard against extravagant expectations in them , and any want of difcernment in myself . , TEIGNMOUTH . i 99. S. GVLIELMI . JONES . EQVITIS . AVRATI , xix.
... minds of my readers ; but whilft I distrust my own efforts , I am equally anxious to guard against extravagant expectations in them , and any want of difcernment in myself . , TEIGNMOUTH . i 99. S. GVLIELMI . JONES . EQVITIS . AVRATI , xix.
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... mind and talents of the writer . SIR ; TO WILLIAM JONES , Efquire . January 1 , 1748 . It was a custom among the Ancient Britons ( and ftill retained in Anglesey ) for the most knowing among them in the de- fcent of families , to fend ...
... mind and talents of the writer . SIR ; TO WILLIAM JONES , Efquire . January 1 , 1748 . It was a custom among the Ancient Britons ( and ftill retained in Anglesey ) for the most knowing among them in the de- fcent of families , to fend ...
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... mind infenfibly to knowledge and exertion , by exciting his curiofity , and directing it to ufeful objects . To his inceffant importuni- ties for information on cafual topics of con- verfation , which the watchfully ftimulated , The ...
... mind infenfibly to knowledge and exertion , by exciting his curiofity , and directing it to ufeful objects . To his inceffant importuni- ties for information on cafual topics of con- verfation , which the watchfully ftimulated , The ...
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... mind with the ftudy of a dead language , be- fore he had acquired a competent knowledge of his native tongue , seventh At Michaelmas 1753 , in the close of his year , he was placed at Harrow School , of which the worthy and amiable Dr ...
... mind with the ftudy of a dead language , be- fore he had acquired a competent knowledge of his native tongue , seventh At Michaelmas 1753 , in the close of his year , he was placed at Harrow School , of which the worthy and amiable Dr ...
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... mind , which he ever remembered with abhorrence . Little doubt can be entertained , that he might have been stimulated to equal exertions , if encou- ragement had been substituted for severity , and inftruction for difgrace . The accumu ...
... mind , which he ever remembered with abhorrence . Little doubt can be entertained , that he might have been stimulated to equal exertions , if encou- ragement had been substituted for severity , and inftruction for difgrace . The accumu ...
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