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Page 78
... particular Beauties : As a Perfon , with a weak Sight , may have the confused Profpect of a Place that lyes before him , without entring into its feveral Parts , or difcerning the Variety of its Colours in their full Glory and ...
... particular Beauties : As a Perfon , with a weak Sight , may have the confused Profpect of a Place that lyes before him , without entring into its feveral Parts , or difcerning the Variety of its Colours in their full Glory and ...
Page 86
... particular Caft of Fancy , and an Imagination naturally fruitful and fuperftitious . Befides this , he ought to be very well verfed in Legends and Fables , antiquated Romances , and the Traditions of Nurfes and old Women , that he may ...
... particular Caft of Fancy , and an Imagination naturally fruitful and fuperftitious . Befides this , he ought to be very well verfed in Legends and Fables , antiquated Romances , and the Traditions of Nurfes and old Women , that he may ...
Page 185
... particular Study , Art , or Science , rifes and improves in Proportion to the Application which we bestow upon it . Thus what was at firft an Exercise , becomes at length an Entertainment . Our Employments are changed into our ...
... particular Study , Art , or Science , rifes and improves in Proportion to the Application which we bestow upon it . Thus what was at firft an Exercise , becomes at length an Entertainment . Our Employments are changed into our ...
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