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Page 119
... thought of considering how I did it before I perused your speculation upon that subject . I scarce find a single action in these five days that I can thoroughly approve of , except the working upon the violet - leaf , which I am ...
... thought of considering how I did it before I perused your speculation upon that subject . I scarce find a single action in these five days that I can thoroughly approve of , except the working upon the violet - leaf , which I am ...
Page 195
... thoughts upon education . You may please to remember , that in my last letter I endea- voured to give the best reasons that could be urged in favour of a private or public education . Upon the whole , it may perhaps be thought that I ...
... thoughts upon education . You may please to remember , that in my last letter I endea- voured to give the best reasons that could be urged in favour of a private or public education . Upon the whole , it may perhaps be thought that I ...
Page 434
... thought a good Englishman , as well as a good clergyman . This character I thought would be transmitted by the following sermons , which were made for and preached in a private audience , when I could think of nothing else but doing my ...
... thought a good Englishman , as well as a good clergyman . This character I thought would be transmitted by the following sermons , which were made for and preached in a private audience , when I could think of nothing else but doing my ...
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