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... names of men of the highest rank , " who entered with the utmost zeal on such severe literary labour as few from the mere love of letters are found willing to encoun- ter , " and mentioning the son of a Duke and cousin of the King , who ...
... names of men of the highest rank , " who entered with the utmost zeal on such severe literary labour as few from the mere love of letters are found willing to encoun- ter , " and mentioning the son of a Duke and cousin of the King , who ...
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... name , filled the chair of rhetoric with applause at Alcalá . All this ( adds the historian ) may be referred to the Queen's influence , who encouraged the love of study by her own example , as well as by personal attendance on the ...
... name , filled the chair of rhetoric with applause at Alcalá . All this ( adds the historian ) may be referred to the Queen's influence , who encouraged the love of study by her own example , as well as by personal attendance on the ...
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... name rendered additionally illustrious , as the enlarger of the bounds of knowledge , and the Emancipator of literature , science , and art , from the fetters that have hitherto too long impeded the freedom of their transit from one ...
... name rendered additionally illustrious , as the enlarger of the bounds of knowledge , and the Emancipator of literature , science , and art , from the fetters that have hitherto too long impeded the freedom of their transit from one ...
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... names of honour and distinction , in our modern literary annals ? And yet , such interviews will be one of the most striking characteristics , and one of the most agreeable advantages , of our Weekly Conversazioni . Add to this , we ...
... names of honour and distinction , in our modern literary annals ? And yet , such interviews will be one of the most striking characteristics , and one of the most agreeable advantages , of our Weekly Conversazioni . Add to this , we ...
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... names of which they still bear , as Clio , Euterpe , Melpomene , Polyhymnia , Terpsichore , and the rest ; a memorable and well - earned distinction , the elegance and justice of which none will dispute . Pytha- goras , too , in later ...
... names of which they still bear , as Clio , Euterpe , Melpomene , Polyhymnia , Terpsichore , and the rest ; a memorable and well - earned distinction , the elegance and justice of which none will dispute . Pytha- goras , too , in later ...
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accomplished admission advantages agreeable approved autres Bart beautiful Bishop of Durham Board of Direction BRITISH AND FOREIGN British Museum Bryanstone Square Buckingham Charles classes Colonies Committee communion Conversazioni cultivation David delight desire diffusion duties Earl of Devon End of London enjoy enjoyment Enrolment Entrance Fee established existing Clubs feel FOREIGN INSTITUTE Francis Mowatt friends Gentleman and Lady Gentlemen George globe greater number Guineas per annum Hanover Square Rooms Henry honour improve increasing number Ingatestone intellectual intercourse interest Isabella JAMES STUART John kindred minds Lectures limited number Literature Lord Brougham Lord Francis Egerton Lord James Stuart MACKINNON Meeting Metropolis names nation Nature number of persons object Original Members parties PENDARVES pleasure present President proposed Prospectus purpose pursuits RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Royal secure SEPTIMUS RAMSEY society Soirées Sympathy taste Thomas Wyse thought tion Travellers Trustees undertaking visitors WILLIAM TITE women
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