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... Latin scholar ; and being a man of good sense and skill in his trade , he acquired a reasonable share of wealth , of which he afterwards lost the greatest part , by engaging unsuccessfully in the manufacture of parchment . He had a ...
... Latin scholar ; and being a man of good sense and skill in his trade , he acquired a reasonable share of wealth , of which he afterwards lost the greatest part , by engaging unsuccessfully in the manufacture of parchment . He had a ...
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... Latin in the free - school of Lichfield , at first under the care of Mr Hawkins , the un- der - master , whom he has described as a man skilful in his little way . " With him he was about two years ; a period , “ which , " he says ...
... Latin in the free - school of Lichfield , at first under the care of Mr Hawkins , the un- der - master , whom he has described as a man skilful in his little way . " With him he was about two years ; a period , “ which , " he says ...
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... Latin verses . His figure and manner seemed strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till , upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in , and quoted Macrobius : and this gave ...
... Latin verses . His figure and manner seemed strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till , upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in , and quoted Macrobius : and this gave ...
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... Latin hexameter verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with un- common rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he obtained great applause for it , which ever after kept him high in the estimation of his college , and ...
... Latin hexameter verse , as a Christmas exercise . He performed it with un- common rapidity , and in so masterly a manner , that he obtained great applause for it , which ever after kept him high in the estimation of his college , and ...
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... insanity ; in conformity with which notion he applied , when he was at the very worst , to his godfather , Dr Swinfen , phy- sician in Lichfield , and put into his hands a state of his case , written in Latin , with 26 THE LIFE OF.
... insanity ; in conformity with which notion he applied , when he was at the very worst , to his godfather , Dr Swinfen , phy- sician in Lichfield , and put into his hands a state of his case , written in Latin , with 26 THE LIFE OF.
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