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Reinhold Pauli. ΤΟ BENJAMIN THORPE , ESQ . ONE OF THE MOST LEARNED CULTIVATORS OF THE ANCIENT HISTORY AND LANGUAGE OF ENGLAND The following Pages are Dedicated WITH EVERY FEELING OF SINCERE REGARD AND ESTEEM BY b THE TRANSLATOR . PREFACE TO ...
Reinhold Pauli. ΤΟ BENJAMIN THORPE , ESQ . ONE OF THE MOST LEARNED CULTIVATORS OF THE ANCIENT HISTORY AND LANGUAGE OF ENGLAND The following Pages are Dedicated WITH EVERY FEELING OF SINCERE REGARD AND ESTEEM BY b THE TRANSLATOR . PREFACE TO ...
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... learned author , whose accurate knowledge of English has enabled him to suggest many important emendations . The following is a list , drawn up by Dr. Pauli himself , of the various authorities which he has con- sulted in the ...
... learned author , whose accurate knowledge of English has enabled him to suggest many important emendations . The following is a list , drawn up by Dr. Pauli himself , of the various authorities which he has con- sulted in the ...
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... learned to look almost blasphemously upon the four most distinguished of these writers , who had all been eye - witnesses of the scenes they recorded , as the evangelists of this new Saviour ; while their narratives , which were ...
... learned to look almost blasphemously upon the four most distinguished of these writers , who had all been eye - witnesses of the scenes they recorded , as the evangelists of this new Saviour ; while their narratives , which were ...
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... learned Dean of St. Paul's , to the treasures in the cathe- dral at Canterbury , describing the shape and nature of the relics which they saw and worshipped , and the con- versation which they held together in reference to them , and ...
... learned Dean of St. Paul's , to the treasures in the cathe- dral at Canterbury , describing the shape and nature of the relics which they saw and worshipped , and the con- versation which they held together in reference to them , and ...
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... learned , or seek their pleasure in books , " for I am afraid , ” he says , " that the doctors will be the destruction of my vineyard . " This is entirely in conformity to the natural order of things , for learning drives men to ...
... learned , or seek their pleasure in books , " for I am afraid , ” he says , " that the doctors will be the destruction of my vineyard . " This is entirely in conformity to the natural order of things , for learning drives men to ...
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