The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side iv
... mind , which she had formerly applied to the strengthening of his constitu- tion . “ I feel ( he remarks ) a melancholy pleasure in re- peating my obligations to that excellent woman — the true mother of my mind , as well as of my ...
... mind , which she had formerly applied to the strengthening of his constitu- tion . “ I feel ( he remarks ) a melancholy pleasure in re- peating my obligations to that excellent woman — the true mother of my mind , as well as of my ...
Side vi
... mind , was still alive and active ; but my reason was not sufficiently informed to understand the value , or to lament the loss , of three precious years , from my entrance at West- minster to my admission at Oxford . Instead of ...
... mind , was still alive and active ; but my reason was not sufficiently informed to understand the value , or to lament the loss , of three precious years , from my entrance at West- minster to my admission at Oxford . Instead of ...
Side viii
... mind the picture of ancient geography ; from Stranchius I imbibed the elements of chronology ; the Tables of Helvicus and Anderson , the Annals of Usher and Prideaux , distinguished the connexion of events , and en- graved the multitude ...
... mind the picture of ancient geography ; from Stranchius I imbibed the elements of chronology ; the Tables of Helvicus and Anderson , the Annals of Usher and Prideaux , distinguished the connexion of events , and en- graved the multitude ...
Side x
... mind , upon this occasion , is strongly depicted by himself . " Fixed in my new habitation , I had leisure to contemplate the strange and melancholy prospect before me . My first complaint arose from my ignorance of the language . In my ...
... mind , upon this occasion , is strongly depicted by himself . " Fixed in my new habitation , I had leisure to contemplate the strange and melancholy prospect before me . My first complaint arose from my ignorance of the language . In my ...
Side xii
... mind . His own relation of this cir- cumstance is as follows : " I hesitate , from the apprehension of ridicule , when I approach the delicate subject of my early love . By this word I do not mean the polite attention , the gallantry ...
... mind . His own relation of this cir- cumstance is as follows : " I hesitate , from the apprehension of ridicule , when I approach the delicate subject of my early love . By this word I do not mean the polite attention , the gallantry ...
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