Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... tion there appears to be an indignant dis- " dain of vice , and such zeal for reforma- ❝tion , as must have had a powerful effect upon your hearers . & c . " Under the care of this excellent man he continued till the age of ten , when ...
... tion there appears to be an indignant dis- " dain of vice , and such zeal for reforma- ❝tion , as must have had a powerful effect upon your hearers . & c . " Under the care of this excellent man he continued till the age of ten , when ...
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... tion tion of their inspiration , yet he courted their aid THE REV . GEORGE WALKER . xi.
... tion tion of their inspiration , yet he courted their aid THE REV . GEORGE WALKER . xi.
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George Walker. tion of their inspiration , yet he courted their aid with such assiduous zeal , as to merit from them a more grateful return . His constan- cy in the end was not allowed to go unre- warded , for at an early age he could ...
George Walker. tion of their inspiration , yet he courted their aid with such assiduous zeal , as to merit from them a more grateful return . His constan- cy in the end was not allowed to go unre- warded , for at an early age he could ...
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... tion . The desire of excelling in these literary disputations stimulated the mind to ` exer- tion , a spirit of emulation was excited in the compositions which they were required to furnish ; and as they generally came pre- pared for ...
... tion . The desire of excelling in these literary disputations stimulated the mind to ` exer- tion , a spirit of emulation was excited in the compositions which they were required to furnish ; and as they generally came pre- pared for ...
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... tion from those minor blemishes and im- perfections , that might have passed unno- ticed in subordinate characters , but in him would have impaired those excellencies , that were to enable him to support it with dig- nity and propriety ...
... tion from those minor blemishes and im- perfections , that might have passed unno- ticed in subordinate characters , but in him would have impaired those excellencies , that were to enable him to support it with dig- nity and propriety ...
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