The Works of James Harris, Esq, Volume 1L. Hansard, 1803 - Philology |
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Page xi
... mind had always been towards the Greek and Latin classics . These he preferred to every other sort of reading ; and to his favourite authors he now applied himself with avidity , retiring from Lon- don to the house in which his family ...
... mind had always been towards the Greek and Latin classics . These he preferred to every other sort of reading ; and to his favourite authors he now applied himself with avidity , retiring from Lon- don to the house in which his family ...
Page xxiii
... as a retrospective view of those studies which exercised his mind in the full vigour of his life , but likewise as a monument of his affection towards towards many of his intimate friends . I cannot therefore OF THE AUTHOR . XXIII.
... as a retrospective view of those studies which exercised his mind in the full vigour of his life , but likewise as a monument of his affection towards towards many of his intimate friends . I cannot therefore OF THE AUTHOR . XXIII.
Page xxiv
... mind retaining , at an advanced age , a considerable degree of its former energy and activity , together with , what is still more rarely to be found , an undiminished portion of its candour and benevolence . Before this last volume was ...
... mind retaining , at an advanced age , a considerable degree of its former energy and activity , together with , what is still more rarely to be found , an undiminished portion of its candour and benevolence . Before this last volume was ...
Page xxv
... mind thoroughly at peace with it- self , and able , without disturbance or dismay , to contemplate the awful pro- spect of futurity . After his strength had been quite ex- hausted by illness , he expired calmly on VOL . I. d the the 22d ...
... mind thoroughly at peace with it- self , and able , without disturbance or dismay , to contemplate the awful pro- spect of futurity . After his strength had been quite ex- hausted by illness , he expired calmly on VOL . I. d the the 22d ...
Page xxxi
... mind carefully disciplined , and anxiously bent on the attainment of self - knowledge , and self- government . And yet , though habitu- ated to deep thinking and laborious reading , he was generally cheerful , even to playfulness ...
... mind carefully disciplined , and anxiously bent on the attainment of self - knowledge , and self- government . And yet , though habitu- ated to deep thinking and laborious reading , he was generally cheerful , even to playfulness ...
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