Some Account of the Reverend Thomas Robinson, M.A.: Late Vicar of St. Mary's, Leicester, and Sometime Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge : with a Selection of Original Letters |
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... exercise . I conclude what his custom was , from the par- ticular directions which he gave me on this subject , when I first went to college ,. “ Re- serve half an hour at your rising , " said he , for this purpose . Read a few verses ...
... exercise . I conclude what his custom was , from the par- ticular directions which he gave me on this subject , when I first went to college ,. “ Re- serve half an hour at your rising , " said he , for this purpose . Read a few verses ...
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... exercises , who after- wards owned that they had acted very un- becomingly in deriding his religion : when they had known and conversed with the man , they could not help respecting him . " What he endeavoured to feel and practise in ...
... exercises , who after- wards owned that they had acted very un- becomingly in deriding his religion : when they had known and conversed with the man , they could not help respecting him . " What he endeavoured to feel and practise in ...
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... exercises ; and in sacrificing " the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit " to the turbulence and selfishness of ambi- tion . These evils should by all means be avoided ; but it is due to religion , to your friends , and to your great ...
... exercises ; and in sacrificing " the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit " to the turbulence and selfishness of ambi- tion . These evils should by all means be avoided ; but it is due to religion , to your friends , and to your great ...
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... exercise ; as possessing a remarkable degree of acuteness , solidity , and self - possession , together with a fair share of mathematical knowledge . He was well acquainted with natural philosophy , though but little with analytics ...
... exercise ; as possessing a remarkable degree of acuteness , solidity , and self - possession , together with a fair share of mathematical knowledge . He was well acquainted with natural philosophy , though but little with analytics ...
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... exercise , for promoting the present and abiding edification of the people , I cannot but deem it highly expe- dient , that the ministers of the church of England should exercise a privilege which seems clearly to belong to them , of ...
... exercise , for promoting the present and abiding edification of the people , I cannot but deem it highly expe- dient , that the ministers of the church of England should exercise a privilege which seems clearly to belong to them , of ...
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