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Yet the men who framed this declaration were great men -- high in literary acquirements -- high in their sense of honor, and incapable of asserting principles inconsistent with those on which they ...

Such is the testimony of a very -distinguished man to the character, skill, and acquirements of our representative mechanic. 298 The mind of Watt seems to have perceived the importance of his ...

Jane says of her: "to her instruction I owed the best part of my acquirements; her friendship and society had been my continual solace: she had stood me in the stead of mother, governess ...

It is to the scholar, a consummation of his intellectual discipline and acquirements. He, who in this land of free institutions holds an able pen, has a weapon of powerful efficacy both for ...

Moving to Paris may be a pipe dream for many of us, but Avalon Afriyie took the plunge. Here, she shares the fashion advice she has picked up along the way. Twenty years later, after multiple ...

Alongside these professional members, the institute’s early regulations provided for a class of Honorary Fellows (high-ranking individuals who had donated a substantial sum to the institute) and ...

Endeared to his friends by his domestic virtues, honoured by the World for his unrivalled acquirements, he died in the hopes of the Resurrection of the just. Born at Milverton in Somersetshire June ...

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