A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 4John Walker Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... scholars of high rank . But prosperity , which depends upon the caprice of others , is of short duration . Cave's su- periority in literature exalted him to an invidious familiarity with boys who were far above him in rank and ...
... scholars of high rank . But prosperity , which depends upon the caprice of others , is of short duration . Cave's su- periority in literature exalted him to an invidious familiarity with boys who were far above him in rank and ...
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... scholarship , to the amount of several thousand pounds . Besides these , and many other public instances of his charity and munificence which might be mentioned , the private flow of his bounty to many individuals was constant and ...
... scholarship , to the amount of several thousand pounds . Besides these , and many other public instances of his charity and munificence which might be mentioned , the private flow of his bounty to many individuals was constant and ...
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... scholar , and an excellent school - master . " Sir Isaac , while he went to this school , boarded at Mr. Clark's house , an apothecary , grandfather to Mr. Clark , now an apothecary here . It was the next house to the George Inn ...
... scholar , and an excellent school - master . " Sir Isaac , while he went to this school , boarded at Mr. Clark's house , an apothecary , grandfather to Mr. Clark , now an apothecary here . It was the next house to the George Inn ...
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... scholar , born in Huntingdonshire , about 1701 , educated at the Charter House school , and from thence sent to Jesus college , Cambridge , where he improved his literature greatly , ander the tuition of Styon Thirlby , who was also a ...
... scholar , born in Huntingdonshire , about 1701 , educated at the Charter House school , and from thence sent to Jesus college , Cambridge , where he improved his literature greatly , ander the tuition of Styon Thirlby , who was also a ...
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... scholars and penetrating critics of the age . A Latin copy of verses of his appeared in the " Cam- bridge Gratulations , 1714 ; " and his name is to be found as assistant to Ogle in the " Canterbury Tales . " But he became first ...
... scholars and penetrating critics of the age . A Latin copy of verses of his appeared in the " Cam- bridge Gratulations , 1714 ; " and his name is to be found as assistant to Ogle in the " Canterbury Tales . " But he became first ...
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Page 385 - Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ; the friend whom he declared to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse.