The Quarterly Review, Volume 36William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1827 |
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... Oxford student to officiate as godfather to the play . The temporary success of the piece brought out the real author from behind his screen . When Home avowed the piece , Gar- rick's fears were realised , and its popularity terminated ...
... Oxford student to officiate as godfather to the play . The temporary success of the piece brought out the real author from behind his screen . When Home avowed the piece , Gar- rick's fears were realised , and its popularity terminated ...
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... Oxford , he is examined in the gos- pels in the original Greek , in the articles of the church of Eng- land , and the evidences of religion , natural and revealed . At Cambridge , in consequence of regulations lately adopted , an e ...
... Oxford , he is examined in the gos- pels in the original Greek , in the articles of the church of Eng- land , and the evidences of religion , natural and revealed . At Cambridge , in consequence of regulations lately adopted , an e ...
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... Oxford , how little influence his example has had in allotting some time and study to natural history . † obam ad to tacol 1 The elements of mathematics and natural philosophy are con- sidered an indispensable part of preliminary ...
... Oxford , how little influence his example has had in allotting some time and study to natural history . † obam ad to tacol 1 The elements of mathematics and natural philosophy are con- sidered an indispensable part of preliminary ...
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... Oxford , and whose attainments in classical literature are of the highest order . One part of the organization of this school deserves notice -the elements of geometry and algebra are assigned to a sepa- rate master with two assistants ...
... Oxford , and whose attainments in classical literature are of the highest order . One part of the organization of this school deserves notice -the elements of geometry and algebra are assigned to a sepa- rate master with two assistants ...
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... Oxford and Cambridge . After this By About two - thirds of the land in Scotland are supposed to be in the hands of Epis- copalians . When the old Scots judge , Lord Auchinleck ( Boswell's father ) , first heard of John- son's coming to ...
... Oxford and Cambridge . After this By About two - thirds of the land in Scotland are supposed to be in the hands of Epis- copalians . When the old Scots judge , Lord Auchinleck ( Boswell's father ) , first heard of John- son's coming to ...
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