The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series of Essays |
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... thousand evils follow in the rear . These cannot be extirpated without great difcernment and great energies . Men of genius muft rife up , to fhow their brethren that thefe evils , though familiar , are not therefore the lefs dreadful ...
... thousand evils follow in the rear . These cannot be extirpated without great difcernment and great energies . Men of genius muft rife up , to fhow their brethren that thefe evils , though familiar , are not therefore the lefs dreadful ...
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... thousand direc- tions , becomes ftiff , unmanageable and unim- preffible . This change however takes place by degrees , and probably is never complete . The mind is probably never abfolutely incapable of any im- preffions and habits we ...
... thousand direc- tions , becomes ftiff , unmanageable and unim- preffible . This change however takes place by degrees , and probably is never complete . The mind is probably never abfolutely incapable of any im- preffions and habits we ...
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... Thousands of impref- fions are made upon us , for one that is defign- edly produced . The child receives twenty ideas per diem perhaps from the preceptor ; it is not impoffible that he may have a million of per- ceptions in that period ...
... Thousands of impref- fions are made upon us , for one that is defign- edly produced . The child receives twenty ideas per diem perhaps from the preceptor ; it is not impoffible that he may have a million of per- ceptions in that period ...
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... commerce with nature , that makes its way directly to the heart , and becomes the fruitful parent of a thousand projects and contemplations . ESSAY ESSAY IV . OF THE SOURCES OF GENIUS . TRUE 18 Part I. Of the Sources of Genius .
... commerce with nature , that makes its way directly to the heart , and becomes the fruitful parent of a thousand projects and contemplations . ESSAY ESSAY IV . OF THE SOURCES OF GENIUS . TRUE 18 Part I. Of the Sources of Genius .
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... thousand foolish and miferable mistakes , when he began his work , compared with the degree of proficiency to which he has attained , when he has finished it . He who is now an eminent philofopher or a fublime poet , was formerly ...
... thousand foolish and miferable mistakes , when he began his work , compared with the degree of proficiency to which he has attained , when he has finished it . He who is now an eminent philofopher or a fublime poet , was formerly ...
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