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A Grammar of the English Language: In Two Treatises. The First, Containing ... - Page 143
by William Ward - 1767 - 271 pages
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...spoke three sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in this learned body, I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...spoke three sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in this learned body, I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...spoke three sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in this learned body, I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The beauties of The Spectator 2nd ed., revised and enlarged with The vision ...

Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...spoke three sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in this learned body, I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies, that there are very few celebrated books , cither in the learned or the modern' tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my...
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The Beauties of the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian,

G. Hamonière - 1819 - 388 pages
...spoke three sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in this learned body, I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death- of my...
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The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson, Volume 37

British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...spoke three sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in this learned body, I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 356 pages
...spoke three sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in this learned body, I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 5-6

British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...spoke three sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in this learned body, I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 1

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 310 pages
...spoke three sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in this learned body, I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies, that there are very few celebrated books, either in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death of my father,...
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The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volumes 1-2

1836 - 932 pages
...spoke three sentences together in my whole life. Whilst I was in this learned body, I applied myself o all men.' I found my friend begin to rave, and insensibly led' him tow bocks, cither in the learned or the modern tongues, which I am not acquainted with. Upon the death...
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