Memoirs of William Stevens, esq. [by sir J.A. Park.]. |
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... hands this tribute of affection may fall , as that more ample justice might have been done to the character of the excellent man , whose life is about to be recorded , that some other person , whose avo- cations are not so pressing and ...
... hands this tribute of affection may fall , as that more ample justice might have been done to the character of the excellent man , whose life is about to be recorded , that some other person , whose avo- cations are not so pressing and ...
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... hand , or fanaticism on the other , had had her perfect work . From the perusal of this Memoir also , it will be learnt that this just , this excellent man , was so far from being puffed up with his own merits , or feeling any of those ...
... hand , or fanaticism on the other , had had her perfect work . From the perusal of this Memoir also , it will be learnt that this just , this excellent man , was so far from being puffed up with his own merits , or feeling any of those ...
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... hand ; for in a letter to a young friend then at Oxford , now a barrister , dated Feb. 1789 , he says , " It is some " time ago since I learnt French , about forty years , ' ( this carries us back to the year 1749 , when Mr. " " Stevens ...
... hand ; for in a letter to a young friend then at Oxford , now a barrister , dated Feb. 1789 , he says , " It is some " time ago since I learnt French , about forty years , ' ( this carries us back to the year 1749 , when Mr. " " Stevens ...
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... hand in hand . Mr. Stevens , being a bachelor , for the most part spent from Saturday till Tuesday in every Week with his friend . Here it may be truly said , “ they took sweet counsel together , and " walked in the house of God , as ...
... hand in hand . Mr. Stevens , being a bachelor , for the most part spent from Saturday till Tuesday in every Week with his friend . Here it may be truly said , “ they took sweet counsel together , and " walked in the house of God , as ...
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... hands , till the whole was expended . But it more frequently occurred , that one full tenth of his in- come was insufficient to answer the numerous charges , with which his munificence loaded each of these funds , particularly the ...
... hands , till the whole was expended . But it more frequently occurred , that one full tenth of his in- come was insufficient to answer the numerous charges , with which his munificence loaded each of these funds , particularly the ...
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