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Page 208
... learning ; the opening chapters in which he makes an attempt at scholarship are flat and unconvincing . But he was well qualified to write about the plight of a bookseller's hack , if only because he was one ; and the chapters printed ...
... learning ; the opening chapters in which he makes an attempt at scholarship are flat and unconvincing . But he was well qualified to write about the plight of a bookseller's hack , if only because he was one ; and the chapters printed ...
Page 209
Oliver Goldsmith. AN ENQUIRY INTO THE PRESENT STATE OF POLITE LEARNING IN EUROPE To CHAPTER IX Of learning in Great Britain . acquire a character for learning among the English at present , it is necessary to know much more than is ...
Oliver Goldsmith. AN ENQUIRY INTO THE PRESENT STATE OF POLITE LEARNING IN EUROPE To CHAPTER IX Of learning in Great Britain . acquire a character for learning among the English at present , it is necessary to know much more than is ...
Page 273
... learning as five , genius as four , and gravity as seven . Caramuel was greater than he . His learning was as eight , his genius as six , and his gravity as thirteen.1 Were I to estimate the merits of our Chinese Philosopher by the same ...
... learning as five , genius as four , and gravity as seven . Caramuel was greater than he . His learning was as eight , his genius as six , and his gravity as thirteen.1 Were I to estimate the merits of our Chinese Philosopher by the same ...
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The Family use art which is opposed with still | 91 |
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