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... Nature , and affift her Operations , what mighty Effects might we ex- pect ? Tully would not ftand fo much alone in Oratory , Vir- gil in Poetry , or Cafar in War . To build upon Nature , is laying the Foundation upon a Rock ; every ...
... Nature , and affift her Operations , what mighty Effects might we ex- pect ? Tully would not ftand fo much alone in Oratory , Vir- gil in Poetry , or Cafar in War . To build upon Nature , is laying the Foundation upon a Rock ; every ...
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... Nature for the object of his Thoughts ; an Enquiry into which as • much exceeds all other Learning , as it is of more Con- fequence to adjust the true Nature and Measures of right and Wrong , than to fettle the Distance of the Planets ...
... Nature for the object of his Thoughts ; an Enquiry into which as • much exceeds all other Learning , as it is of more Con- fequence to adjust the true Nature and Measures of right and Wrong , than to fettle the Distance of the Planets ...
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... Nature rife in Value , according as they more or less resemble thofe of Art , we may be fure that artificial Works receive a greater Advantage from their Refemblance of fuch as are natural ; because here the Similitude is not only ...
... Nature rife in Value , according as they more or less resemble thofe of Art , we may be fure that artificial Works receive a greater Advantage from their Refemblance of fuch as are natural ; because here the Similitude is not only ...
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