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... common to philosophy and theology . He was reading , about this time , the history of the Port Royal , and studying the subject of miracles . . . . • When I returned to Oxford in January , 1870 , after an absence of a year , Appleton ...
... common to philosophy and theology . He was reading , about this time , the history of the Port Royal , and studying the subject of miracles . . . . • When I returned to Oxford in January , 1870 , after an absence of a year , Appleton ...
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... common- room by advancing some highly revolutionary thesis . He was an energetic product of new Oxford , with a high ideal of what a university ought to be ; and this ideal he pressed upon all , with whom he came in contact , in season ...
... common- room by advancing some highly revolutionary thesis . He was an energetic product of new Oxford , with a high ideal of what a university ought to be ; and this ideal he pressed upon all , with whom he came in contact , in season ...
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... common feeling of honour existing among tutors of colleges , which would prevent a man , who was slightly older than his pupil , or even a great deal older than his pupil , from abusing his power over that pupil's mind . I think , so ...
... common feeling of honour existing among tutors of colleges , which would prevent a man , who was slightly older than his pupil , or even a great deal older than his pupil , from abusing his power over that pupil's mind . I think , so ...
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... common object they all alike had in view -the promotion of learning . see . Dr. Appleton's practical talents were chiefly manifested in two arduous enterprises , by both of which his name will long be remembered . He founded the Academy ...
... common object they all alike had in view -the promotion of learning . see . Dr. Appleton's practical talents were chiefly manifested in two arduous enterprises , by both of which his name will long be remembered . He founded the Academy ...
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... common objection that his " researchers " would only be a new order of sinecurists . To conquer practical difficulties of this nature was a task peculiarly adapted to his energetic and hopeful mind . In the Spectator of October 24 ...
... common objection that his " researchers " would only be a new order of sinecurists . To conquer practical difficulties of this nature was a task peculiarly adapted to his energetic and hopeful mind . In the Spectator of October 24 ...
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Dr. Appleton: His Life and Literary Relics Archibald Henry Sayce,John Hoblyn Appleton No preview available - 2016 |
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