A New System, Or, An Analysis of Ancient Mythology: Wherein an Attempt is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable; and to Reduce the Truth to Its Original Purity, Volumen2J. Walker, W. J. and J. Richardson, 1807 |
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... age of twelve years , in 1730 , " - consequent- ly , born in 1718 . Whence a difference has arisen between the dates in this entry , and the inscription on his monument , hereafter given , we are unable to explain . VOL . I. a The two ...
... age of twelve years , in 1730 , " - consequent- ly , born in 1718 . Whence a difference has arisen between the dates in this entry , and the inscription on his monument , hereafter given , we are unable to explain . VOL . I. a The two ...
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... age . He received his first rudiments at the vil- lage of Lullingstone , in Kent ; and was admitted upon the foundation , at Eton College , on the Sd of August , 1730 , where he was three years captain of the school , previous to his ...
... age . He received his first rudiments at the vil- lage of Lullingstone , in Kent ; and was admitted upon the foundation , at Eton College , on the Sd of August , 1730 , where he was three years captain of the school , previous to his ...
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... age , and died , at Cypenham , near Windsor , Nov. 13 , 1804 , of a mortification in his leg , originating in the seemingly slight circumstance of a rasure against a chair , in the act of reaching a book from a shelf . He had presented ...
... age , and died , at Cypenham , near Windsor , Nov. 13 , 1804 , of a mortification in his leg , originating in the seemingly slight circumstance of a rasure against a chair , in the act of reaching a book from a shelf . He had presented ...
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... ages . Nothing in the antient Greek and Roman literature , however recondite , or wherever dispersed , could escape his sagacity and patient inves- tigation . But we are not to confine our admiration of the work before us to the deep ...
... ages . Nothing in the antient Greek and Roman literature , however recondite , or wherever dispersed , could escape his sagacity and patient inves- tigation . But we are not to confine our admiration of the work before us to the deep ...
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... and diligence with which our au- thor has applied his helps obtained from the scattered passages of antient authors and etymology , have enabled him to clear up the history of the remotest ages , and to b 2 OF THE AUTHOR . xix.
... and diligence with which our au- thor has applied his helps obtained from the scattered passages of antient authors and etymology , have enabled him to clear up the history of the remotest ages , and to b 2 OF THE AUTHOR . xix.
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