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... present Specimens of all the chief English Writers from the earliest times to the present century . In making these Selections , two objects have been chiefly kept in view : first , the illus- tration of the style of each Writer by some ...
... present Specimens of all the chief English Writers from the earliest times to the present century . In making these Selections , two objects have been chiefly kept in view : first , the illus- tration of the style of each Writer by some ...
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... present to the reader specimens of the following list of English authors not included in the English edition , viz .: Algernon Sydney , Ray , John Howe , Sir Isaac Newton , Doddridge , Watts , Bishop Butler , Bentham , Foster , Chalmers ...
... present to the reader specimens of the following list of English authors not included in the English edition , viz .: Algernon Sydney , Ray , John Howe , Sir Isaac Newton , Doddridge , Watts , Bishop Butler , Bentham , Foster , Chalmers ...
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... present book here folowyng . The second was Charlemayn or Charles the grete , of whome thystorye is had in many places bothe in frensshe and englysshe , and the thyrd and last was Godefray of boloyn , of whose actes & life I made a book ...
... present book here folowyng . The second was Charlemayn or Charles the grete , of whome thystorye is had in many places bothe in frensshe and englysshe , and the thyrd and last was Godefray of boloyn , of whose actes & life I made a book ...
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... present word , He wold prevent his sport . The English Erle , not fearing that , Did to the woods resort With fifteen hundred bow - men bold ; All chosen men of might , Who knew full well in time of neede To ayme their shafts arright ...
... present word , He wold prevent his sport . The English Erle , not fearing that , Did to the woods resort With fifteen hundred bow - men bold ; All chosen men of might , Who knew full well in time of neede To ayme their shafts arright ...
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... present wit ; and if he read little , he had need have much cunning , to seem to know that he doth not . His- tories make men wise ; poets , witty ; the mathematics , subtile ; nat- ural philosophy , deep ; moral , grave ; logic and ...
... present wit ; and if he read little , he had need have much cunning , to seem to know that he doth not . His- tories make men wise ; poets , witty ; the mathematics , subtile ; nat- ural philosophy , deep ; moral , grave ; logic and ...
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