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In this situation he gave early indications of a distinguished character . Before he
had attained the age of five , he had made so considerable a proficiency in the
Latin language , that he was deemed fully competent to enter upon Cæsar's ...
In this situation he gave early indications of a distinguished character . Before he
had attained the age of five , he had made so considerable a proficiency in the
Latin language , that he was deemed fully competent to enter upon Cæsar's ...
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... no bias on his mind in favour of any particular tenets , but left it wholly free to
adopt those opinions , which should be the result of a rational , manly , and
impartial inquiry . b4 In : In this situation he was part cularly fortunate ; THE REV .
... no bias on his mind in favour of any particular tenets , but left it wholly free to
adopt those opinions , which should be the result of a rational , manly , and
impartial inquiry . b4 In : In this situation he was part cularly fortunate ; THE REV .
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In this situation he was part cularly fortunate ; for , independently of the
advantage that he derived from the constant superintendence of his uncle , he
was regularly sent to the grammar - school of that town , then in the highest
celebrity as a ...
In this situation he was part cularly fortunate ; for , independently of the
advantage that he derived from the constant superintendence of his uncle , he
was regularly sent to the grammar - school of that town , then in the highest
celebrity as a ...
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In this situation he still continued to indulge his taste . for poetry ; it ' was here that
he composed the greater part of his imitations of Anacreon , a few of which are
inserted * specimens of the proficiency which he had made in an art , tò which in
...
In this situation he still continued to indulge his taste . for poetry ; it ' was here that
he composed the greater part of his imitations of Anacreon , a few of which are
inserted * specimens of the proficiency which he had made in an art , tò which in
...
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We have s learnt spherical trigonometry , without the convenience ** of a globe ,
and with but a faint idea of the situation 6c of the several circles in the various
positions of it . We have read philosophy , without being assured that " there was
a ...
We have s learnt spherical trigonometry , without the convenience ** of a globe ,
and with but a faint idea of the situation 6c of the several circles in the various
positions of it . We have read philosophy , without being assured that " there was
a ...
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