Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... honours of knighthood . The reader will recollect , that an obsolete law of the second Edward , which , affixing the value of a knight's fee , compelled every one , who pos- sessed lands to that amount , either to assume the rank and ...
... honours of knighthood . The reader will recollect , that an obsolete law of the second Edward , which , affixing the value of a knight's fee , compelled every one , who pos- sessed lands to that amount , either to assume the rank and ...
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... honours of knighthood , had been in the possession of the family for more than a century , being originally either a gift or a purchase from Henry VIII . From that time to the present it has been enjoyed by them , in an uninterrupted ...
... honours of knighthood , had been in the possession of the family for more than a century , being originally either a gift or a purchase from Henry VIII . From that time to the present it has been enjoyed by them , in an uninterrupted ...
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... honour of educating several ,, who afterward attained to very considerable eminence in life , among whom may be numbered the present Lord Chancellor , and his brother Sir William Scott . b 2 gravity gravity of temper and conduct , that ...
... honour of educating several ,, who afterward attained to very considerable eminence in life , among whom may be numbered the present Lord Chancellor , and his brother Sir William Scott . b 2 gravity gravity of temper and conduct , that ...
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... honoured must have operated with the most beneficial effect upon the minds of his pupils . At a period of life the most prone to imitation , before usurp ing prejudices and inveterate habits have yet established their dominion , there ...
... honoured must have operated with the most beneficial effect upon the minds of his pupils . At a period of life the most prone to imitation , before usurp ing prejudices and inveterate habits have yet established their dominion , there ...
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... honour him during the whole of his residence there with many personal attentions . He enjoyed also the advantage of pursuing his mathemati- cal studies under the tuition of the celebrat- ed Matthew Stewart . As hitherto probably his ...
... honour him during the whole of his residence there with many personal attentions . He enjoyed also the advantage of pursuing his mathemati- cal studies under the tuition of the celebrat- ed Matthew Stewart . As hitherto probably his ...
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