Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert WakefieldJ. Deighton, 1792 - 405 pages |
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Page 76
... pleasing and peaceful contemplation . James I. , of whom more quaint and humorous fayings are recorded than almost any prince , ob- ferved , after paffing some days at Cam- bridge , bridge , with characteristic propriety , that were he ...
... pleasing and peaceful contemplation . James I. , of whom more quaint and humorous fayings are recorded than almost any prince , ob- ferved , after paffing some days at Cam- bridge , bridge , with characteristic propriety , that were he ...
Page 117
... pleasing and important pursuits . Quintilian was always a favourite author with me ; and I think him at this day , upon the whole , the most candid , fenfible , and rational writer upon philological fubjects of all antiquity . In ...
... pleasing and important pursuits . Quintilian was always a favourite author with me ; and I think him at this day , upon the whole , the most candid , fenfible , and rational writer upon philological fubjects of all antiquity . In ...
Page 128
... pleasing in- stance , in defiance of the obloquy vented against him by envious Churchmen for this conduct . And the reader will fee , before the conclufion of this work , that the tefti- mony now given is extorted from me by the power ...
... pleasing in- stance , in defiance of the obloquy vented against him by envious Churchmen for this conduct . And the reader will fee , before the conclufion of this work , that the tefti- mony now given is extorted from me by the power ...
Page 141
... pleasing remembrance of former days presents itself : 66 66 " Nec me meminiffe pigebit Eliffe , " Dum memor ipfe mei , dum fpiritus hos regat artus . " Five years and a half , with little inter- ruption , did I pass in this blissful ...
... pleasing remembrance of former days presents itself : 66 66 " Nec me meminiffe pigebit Eliffe , " Dum memor ipfe mei , dum fpiritus hos regat artus . " Five years and a half , with little inter- ruption , did I pass in this blissful ...
Page 295
... pleasing em- ployment of my time , liberal in itself and poffibly not altogether unimportant to good letters , would be abfolutely fuperfeded : for what can animate our exertions , but Hope ? and who will be laborious with a daily and ...
... pleasing em- ployment of my time , liberal in itself and poffibly not altogether unimportant to good letters , would be abfolutely fuperfeded : for what can animate our exertions , but Hope ? and who will be laborious with a daily and ...
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