The Lives of John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Robert Sanderson |
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... law of this nation most exactly abridged . He had his first breeding in his father's house , where a private tutor had the care of him , until the tenth year of his age ; and in his eleventh year was sent to the University of Oxford ...
... law of this nation most exactly abridged . He had his first breeding in his father's house , where a private tutor had the care of him , until the tenth year of his age ; and in his eleventh year was sent to the University of Oxford ...
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... law ; where he gave great testimonies of his wit , his learning , and of his improvement in that profes- sion ; which never served him for other use than an ornament and self - satisfaction . His father died before his admission into ...
... law ; where he gave great testimonies of his wit , his learning , and of his improvement in that profes- sion ; which never served him for other use than an ornament and self - satisfaction . His father died before his admission into ...
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... law , and of all other sciences that might give him a denomination , and began seriously to survey and consider the body of divinity , as it was then controverted be- twixt the Reformed and the Roman Church . And as God's blessed Spirit ...
... law , and of all other sciences that might give him a denomination , and began seriously to survey and consider the body of divinity , as it was then controverted be- twixt the Reformed and the Roman Church . And as God's blessed Spirit ...
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... laws and manner of govern- ment , and returned perfect in their languages . The time that he spent in Spain was , at his first going into Italy , designed for travelling to the Holy Land , and for viewing Jerusalem and the sepulchre of ...
... laws and manner of govern- ment , and returned perfect in their languages . The time that he spent in Spain was , at his first going into Italy , designed for travelling to the Holy Land , and for viewing Jerusalem and the sepulchre of ...
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... law ; which proved troublesome and sadly chargeable to him , whose youth , and travel , and needless bounty , had brought his estate into a narrow compass . It is observed , and most truly , that silence and submission are charming ...
... law ; which proved troublesome and sadly chargeable to him , whose youth , and travel , and needless bounty , had brought his estate into a narrow compass . It is observed , and most truly , that silence and submission are charming ...
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