The Life of Samuel Johnson, D.D.: The First President of King's College, in New York. Containing Many Interesting Anecdotes; a General View of the State of Religion and Learning in Connecticut During the Former Part of the Last Century; and an Account of the Institution and Rise of Yale College, Connecticut; and of King's (now Columbia) College, New-York, Band 1T. & J. Swords, 1805 - 208 Seiten |
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... kind . In particular , this incomparable person contributed so eminently to the improvements that were made in natu ral philosophy , that the important service he did to this branch of learning , to say nothing of others which were ...
... kind . In particular , this incomparable person contributed so eminently to the improvements that were made in natu ral philosophy , that the important service he did to this branch of learning , to say nothing of others which were ...
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... respects , but he was not governed by mercenary motives . His grand point in view was to improve his own mind in knowledge , in order to be more useful to man- kind ; and , therefore , for the sake of C 2 Life of Dr. Johnson . 17.
... respects , but he was not governed by mercenary motives . His grand point in view was to improve his own mind in knowledge , in order to be more useful to man- kind ; and , therefore , for the sake of C 2 Life of Dr. Johnson . 17.
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... kind ; and , therefore , for the sake of being so near the college and its library , and his friends Mr. CUTLER and Mr. BROWN , he gave this place the preference , although it had but little to recommend it ; and he was extremely happy ...
... kind ; and , therefore , for the sake of being so near the college and its library , and his friends Mr. CUTLER and Mr. BROWN , he gave this place the preference , although it had but little to recommend it ; and he was extremely happy ...
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... kind prepared him , when he came to read and to un- derstand the nature of Episcopal government , to see its reasonableness and the great advant ages that attend it .. 2 Such was the state of Mr. JOHNSON's mind when he settled at West ...
... kind prepared him , when he came to read and to un- derstand the nature of Episcopal government , to see its reasonableness and the great advant ages that attend it .. 2 Such was the state of Mr. JOHNSON's mind when he settled at West ...
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... kind of information he could gain , that there never was a time , till latterly , in which , if he had acted in opposition to Episcopacy , as AERIUS did , he would not have been excommunicated for a he- retic and schismatic , as AERIUS ...
... kind of information he could gain , that there never was a time , till latterly , in which , if he had acted in opposition to Episcopacy , as AERIUS did , he would not have been excommunicated for a he- retic and schismatic , as AERIUS ...
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