Memoirs of William Stevens, Esq. ...Philanthropic Society, St George's Fields, 1812 - 190 pages |
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... opinion , that the private lives of some persons , such as Mr. Stevens was , belong , in a man- ner , to posterity for instruction and example . The fault of biography , in general , is , that it is not sufficiently minute : for ...
... opinion , that the private lives of some persons , such as Mr. Stevens was , belong , in a man- ner , to posterity for instruction and example . The fault of biography , in general , is , that it is not sufficiently minute : for ...
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... opinions induced them to keep up a constant correspondence . Mr. Horne informed his friend of the studies in which he was engaged ; and Mr. Stevens spent all his leisure time in the acquisition , by his own labour and industry , of ...
... opinions induced them to keep up a constant correspondence . Mr. Horne informed his friend of the studies in which he was engaged ; and Mr. Stevens spent all his leisure time in the acquisition , by his own labour and industry , of ...
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... opinion of the workman , who has surveyed it , one Randolph ) " stand many years , there being no apparent danger at present of its falling ; what a windy 66 66 night or a hard rain might do , one cannot say : " to be sure a house out ...
... opinion of the workman , who has surveyed it , one Randolph ) " stand many years , there being no apparent danger at present of its falling ; what a windy 66 66 night or a hard rain might do , one cannot say : " to be sure a house out ...
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... opinions , * The king , who was extremely well read on all these subjects , one day conversing with a young divine , asked if he was acquainted with the writings of Andrewes , Taylor , Hickes , and other divines of that age ; the young ...
... opinions , * The king , who was extremely well read on all these subjects , one day conversing with a young divine , asked if he was acquainted with the writings of Andrewes , Taylor , Hickes , and other divines of that age ; the young ...
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... opinion which was enter- tained of him as a theologian , I cannot give a better proof than that declared by the very learned Dr. Douglas , late Bishop of Salisbury . When this learned prelate preached before the society for propagating ...
... opinion which was enter- tained of him as a theologian , I cannot give a better proof than that declared by the very learned Dr. Douglas , late Bishop of Salisbury . When this learned prelate preached before the society for propagating ...
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