Three hundred Aesop’s fables, Literally Translated From the Greek, sentence 111

The arguments of Dr. Bentley were yet further defended a few years later by Mr. Thomas Tyrwhitt, a well-read scholar, who gave up high civil distinctions that he might devote himself the more unreservedly to literary pursuits.

Who acts: arguments, read scholar, Mr. · What happens: be, read, give up, devote, argue · To what, where: high civil distinctions, Mr., Bentley

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