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... and success at College .... 182 His return in 1819 , and his labours during the Vacation .... .... 188 Prize Essay on the Tribunicial Power among the Romans . 192 .... MEMOIRS , & c . My beloved child , WILLIAM xii CONTENTS .
... and success at College .... 182 His return in 1819 , and his labours during the Vacation .... .... 188 Prize Essay on the Tribunicial Power among the Romans . 192 .... MEMOIRS , & c . My beloved child , WILLIAM xii CONTENTS .
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... of that author ; but he ever spoke of him , as , with the exception of Cicero , to whom he was devotedly attached , the wisest of the Roman writers with whom he was acquainted . We ever felt fully persuaded that , in edu- cation 41.
... of that author ; but he ever spoke of him , as , with the exception of Cicero , to whom he was devotedly attached , the wisest of the Roman writers with whom he was acquainted . We ever felt fully persuaded that , in edu- cation 41.
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Thomas Durant. conducted , in his classical readings , through all the principal Roman , and through some of the Greek historians , he attained a rather unusual intimacy with the transactions and various governments of Greece , and of ...
Thomas Durant. conducted , in his classical readings , through all the principal Roman , and through some of the Greek historians , he attained a rather unusual intimacy with the transactions and various governments of Greece , and of ...
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... Roman legions had never pene- trated , and the Roman eagles were unknown . They displayed the bright light of the gospel , in the most distant regions ; and idolatry , and ignorance fled before them . And although the wicked persecuted ...
... Roman legions had never pene- trated , and the Roman eagles were unknown . They displayed the bright light of the gospel , in the most distant regions ; and idolatry , and ignorance fled before them . And although the wicked persecuted ...
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... Roman language . The THEME OF DAVID gave an elevated cha- racter to his poetry , which the exquisite taste of the Scottish bard transfused into his almost native tongue . At this time , he wrote one little piece , in reference to his ...
... Roman language . The THEME OF DAVID gave an elevated cha- racter to his poetry , which the exquisite taste of the Scottish bard transfused into his almost native tongue . At this time , he wrote one little piece , in reference to his ...
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