Memoirs of William Stevens, Esq. ...Philanthropic Society, St George's Fields, 1812 - 190 pages |
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... relation , the academician , was amassing under better auspices , and with the fruits of which he afterwards enriched the Christian world . By such means , Mr. Stevens acquired , as is well known to the writer of this account , and to ...
... relation , the academician , was amassing under better auspices , and with the fruits of which he afterwards enriched the Christian world . By such means , Mr. Stevens acquired , as is well known to the writer of this account , and to ...
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... relations , that Mr. Stevens received from George Horne his first hints upon this sub- ject , which he afterwards improved by a deep and attentive perusal of the original author , an under- taking which his intimate knowledge of the ...
... relations , that Mr. Stevens received from George Horne his first hints upon this sub- ject , which he afterwards improved by a deep and attentive perusal of the original author , an under- taking which his intimate knowledge of the ...
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... relation to the divine persons in the godhead , " and to the elementary powers of nature , on which " account the heathens , in their worship of nature , “ retained it , and added to it in many ways , some " of them monstrously profane ...
... relation to the divine persons in the godhead , " and to the elementary powers of nature , on which " account the heathens , in their worship of nature , “ retained it , and added to it in many ways , some " of them monstrously profane ...
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... relations , were reduced to considerable distress ; and , for several years , he allowed them £ 100 per annum . Upon the death of the mother , the young lady wrote to inform him of the event , and expressing her doubts whether she could ...
... relations , were reduced to considerable distress ; and , for several years , he allowed them £ 100 per annum . Upon the death of the mother , the young lady wrote to inform him of the event , and expressing her doubts whether she could ...
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... relation in view ? Can any young man now read the description without feeling his heart burn within him , as he reads ; without desiring to be what the Bishop has pourtrayed ? If he can , I envy neither his feelings , nor his heart . In ...
... relation in view ? Can any young man now read the description without feeling his heart burn within him , as he reads ; without desiring to be what the Bishop has pourtrayed ? If he can , I envy neither his feelings , nor his heart . In ...
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