A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Том 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... soon left , I know not for what reason , and was bound apprentice to Mr. Collins , a printer of some reputation , and deputy alderman . This was a trade for which men were formerly qualified by a literary education , and which was ...
... soon left , I know not for what reason , and was bound apprentice to Mr. Collins , a printer of some reputation , and deputy alderman . This was a trade for which men were formerly qualified by a literary education , and which was ...
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... soon cured him of his astonishment , as of many other prejudices and errors . Nor have many men been seen raised by acci- dent or industry to sudden riches , that retained less of the meanness of their former state . He continued to ...
... soon cured him of his astonishment , as of many other prejudices and errors . Nor have many men been seen raised by acci- dent or industry to sudden riches , that retained less of the meanness of their former state . He continued to ...
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... soon made a considerable progress in classical learning . Virgil and Horace were his favourites among the Roman writers , and he would quote them in conversation with great propriety , and without any appearance of pedantry ; but Euclid ...
... soon made a considerable progress in classical learning . Virgil and Horace were his favourites among the Roman writers , and he would quote them in conversation with great propriety , and without any appearance of pedantry ; but Euclid ...
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... soon as it commenced , was so crowded , that he found it difficult to divide the day amongst all who applied for his instructions . He set out with an explanation of Sir Isaac Newton's Optics , an attempt so extraordinary for a blind ...
... soon as it commenced , was so crowded , that he found it difficult to divide the day amongst all who applied for his instructions . He set out with an explanation of Sir Isaac Newton's Optics , an attempt so extraordinary for a blind ...
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... soon after married a daughter of the Rev. Mr. William Dickons , rector of Bosworth in the county of Cambridge , by whom . he had a son and a daughter . In the year 1728 , his present majesty * , after a tour to New- market , honoured ...
... soon after married a daughter of the Rev. Mr. William Dickons , rector of Bosworth in the county of Cambridge , by whom . he had a son and a daughter . In the year 1728 , his present majesty * , after a tour to New- market , honoured ...
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