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... learned the rudiments of Latin gram- mar . He was afterwards sent to the grammar school of Wakefield , and , upon the death of his father , Bentley ( then thirteen years old ) was transferred to he care of his maternal grandfather , who ...
... learned the rudiments of Latin gram- mar . He was afterwards sent to the grammar school of Wakefield , and , upon the death of his father , Bentley ( then thirteen years old ) was transferred to he care of his maternal grandfather , who ...
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... learned research on the other . In fact , Wotton's position in the world of letters was most unfortunate . With accomplishments that were worth little except for show , he had no stage on which to exhibit them ; and , sighing for ...
... learned research on the other . In fact , Wotton's position in the world of letters was most unfortunate . With accomplishments that were worth little except for show , he had no stage on which to exhibit them ; and , sighing for ...
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... learned chaplain of Bishop Stillingfleet's , and this very masterly collection of disquisitions by Bentley upon topics either closely connected with the work , or remotely suggested by it . Here , by the way , we have a crow to pluck ...
... learned chaplain of Bishop Stillingfleet's , and this very masterly collection of disquisitions by Bentley upon topics either closely connected with the work , or remotely suggested by it . Here , by the way , we have a crow to pluck ...
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... learned correspondent , ' says Dr. Monk , he is not satisfied with marking their intimacy by the terms φίλη κεφαλη , Milli jucundissime suavissime , & c .; but in one place he accosts him ὦ Ιωαννιδίον an indecorum which neither the ...
... learned correspondent , ' says Dr. Monk , he is not satisfied with marking their intimacy by the terms φίλη κεφαλη , Milli jucundissime suavissime , & c .; but in one place he accosts him ὦ Ιωαννιδίον an indecorum which neither the ...
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... learned cham- pion of Christianity ; and had designed that her son , the Duke of Gloucester , should be sent , at a proper age , to the college over which so meritorious a person presided . In this scheme so much stress was laid on the ...
... learned cham- pion of Christianity ; and had designed that her son , the Duke of Gloucester , should be sent , at a proper age , to the college over which so meritorious a person presided . In this scheme so much stress was laid on the ...
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