Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Samuel Parr, LL.D.J. Bohn, 1829 - 850 pages |
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... perhaps shall begin to write , and not before . " - Parr to Homer , Nov. 20th , 1788 . Extract of a Letter from Mr. Thomas , George - Street , Editor of the Courier , to Dr. Parr , dated DEAR SIR , 2 , Thanet Place , Temple Bar , Jan ...
... perhaps shall begin to write , and not before . " - Parr to Homer , Nov. 20th , 1788 . Extract of a Letter from Mr. Thomas , George - Street , Editor of the Courier , to Dr. Parr , dated DEAR SIR , 2 , Thanet Place , Temple Bar , Jan ...
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... Perhaps Dr. Parr intended to leave the whole of what he wrote for the consideration of certain Pray send me word whether the above meets your ideas . I will put it into the Courier without any expence to you . " I am , with respect and ...
... Perhaps Dr. Parr intended to leave the whole of what he wrote for the consideration of certain Pray send me word whether the above meets your ideas . I will put it into the Courier without any expence to you . " I am , with respect and ...
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... perhaps , because he was not a boarder ; but there are other names of high renown . The Duke of Gordon , Mid- dleton , Thwaites , Rawlinson , Bennet , Jones , Tuff- nel , West , Earl , Norton , Wilmot , Rosse , Cranston , Lord William ...
... perhaps , because he was not a boarder ; but there are other names of high renown . The Duke of Gordon , Mid- dleton , Thwaites , Rawlinson , Bennet , Jones , Tuff- nel , West , Earl , Norton , Wilmot , Rosse , Cranston , Lord William ...
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... perhaps be of service to you . Et nihil pro omnibus meis beneficiis , nisi hujus literĉ , et admonitus memoriam postulo , quĉ dum est animo infusa , me fidelem esse ostendet . I wish you the compliments of the season , which you will ...
... perhaps be of service to you . Et nihil pro omnibus meis beneficiis , nisi hujus literĉ , et admonitus memoriam postulo , quĉ dum est animo infusa , me fidelem esse ostendet . I wish you the compliments of the season , which you will ...
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... perhaps unhappy for the honour of the art , and for the benefit of mankind , that he was not one of its professors ; supported as that art ought to be , by profound learning and exquisite sagacity . A popular practitioner I can hardly ...
... perhaps unhappy for the honour of the art , and for the benefit of mankind , that he was not one of its professors ; supported as that art ought to be , by profound learning and exquisite sagacity . A popular practitioner I can hardly ...
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Page 402 - But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
Page 402 - And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded : for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself.
Page 128 - Wherefore, if the gentleman's son be apt to learning, let him be admitted; if not apt, let the poor man's child, that is apt, enter his room.
Page 305 - Tracts by Warburton and a Warburtonian, not admitted into the collections of their respective works," itself a collection which our shelves could ill spare, though maliciously republished by Dr.
Page 122 - ... with triumph, if that fellowcreature should become the victim of his resentment, be it just or unjust. But the minds of children are open to impressions of every sort ; and, indeed, wonderful is the facility with which a judicious instructor may habituate them to tender emotions. I have therefore always considered mercy to beings of an inferior species as a virtue which children are very capable of learning, but which is most difficult to...
Page 75 - ... and passengers by many foolish acts ; such as riding in high prelatical pomp through the streets on a black saddle, bearing in his hand a long cane or wand, such as women used to have, with an ivory head like a crosier, which was probably the reason why he liked it:" We see by this he was already thinking of the bishopric.
Page 125 - Or plain and perfect way of teaching children to understand, write, and speak the Latin tongue ; but specially purposed for the private bringing up of youth in gentlemen and noblemen's houses ; and commodious also for all such as have forgot the Latin tongue, and would by themselves without a schoolmaster, in short time, and with small pains, recover a sufficient hability to understand, write, and speak Latin.
Page 317 - And though you must suppose that, in that stormy weather, he was more than half-boots over, he kept his seat and dismounted safely, when the ark landed on Mount Ararat. Image now to yourself this illustrious Cavalier mounted on his hackney : and see if it does not bring before you the Church, bestrid by some lumpish minister of state, who turns and winds it at his pleasure. The only difference is, that Gog believed the preacher of righteousness and religion."— pp.
Page 129 - Schools, it is, inter alia, statuted and ordained, that there be a school settled and established, and a schoolmaster appointed in every parish not already provided, by advice of the heritors and minister of the parish ; and for that effect, that the heritors in every parish meet and provide a commodious house for a school, and settle and modify a salary to a schoolmaster...
Page 138 - Oh, how oft shall he On faith and changed gods complain, and seas Rough with black winds and storms Unwonted shall admire, Who now enjoys thee credulous, all gold; Who always vacant, always amiable, Hopes thee, of flattering gales Unmindful ! Hapless they To whom thou...