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... thing in their difcourfe and behaviour that may excite curiofity , or kindle the paffions . The inftructions of nature , fays he , are late and tedious , thofe of man are almost always premature . In the fuft cafe , the fenfes rouze the ...
... thing in their difcourfe and behaviour that may excite curiofity , or kindle the paffions . The inftructions of nature , fays he , are late and tedious , thofe of man are almost always premature . In the fuft cafe , the fenfes rouze the ...
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... thing by their labours . A madness for fyftems hath got poffeffin of them all ; they never fee things as they are , but as they beft agree with their hypothefes . We are in doubt , however , whether fome of Mr. Rouffeau's Readers will ...
... thing by their labours . A madness for fyftems hath got poffeffin of them all ; they never fee things as they are , but as they beft agree with their hypothefes . We are in doubt , however , whether fome of Mr. Rouffeau's Readers will ...
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... thing of Mr. Rouffeau's fentiments on this fubject . To make my Pupil acquainted with the human heart , " I would fhew ' him mankind at a distance , in other times , and other places ; fo that he might be a spectator of the scene ...
... thing of Mr. Rouffeau's fentiments on this fubject . To make my Pupil acquainted with the human heart , " I would fhew ' him mankind at a distance , in other times , and other places ; fo that he might be a spectator of the scene ...
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... thing is difguifed by ignorance . or partiality . How eafy it is , by a different reprefentation of circumstances , to give a thoufand various appearances to the fame facts ? Shew an object in different points of view , and . we hardly ...
... thing is difguifed by ignorance . or partiality . How eafy it is , by a different reprefentation of circumstances , to give a thoufand various appearances to the fame facts ? Shew an object in different points of view , and . we hardly ...
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... thing but painting highly - coloured portraits , which frequently bear no refemblance to any thing in nature . The antients , he obferves , abound lefs in portraiture , and fhew lefs wit , tho more good fenfe in their reflections ...
... thing but painting highly - coloured portraits , which frequently bear no refemblance to any thing in nature . The antients , he obferves , abound lefs in portraiture , and fhew lefs wit , tho more good fenfe in their reflections ...
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