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Page 103
... seems , in the opinion of their countrymen ) have ad- vanced fome very extraordinary pofi- tions relating to friendship ; as , indeed , what fubject is there , which thefe fub- tle geniuses have not tortured with their fophiftry ? The ...
... seems , in the opinion of their countrymen ) have ad- vanced fome very extraordinary pofi- tions relating to friendship ; as , indeed , what fubject is there , which thefe fub- tle geniuses have not tortured with their fophiftry ? The ...
Page 345
... seems to deny , with the greatest plaufibility , that there are things poffeffed of fuch real worth and excellence , as to be univerfally esteemed in all countries and ages . As the fucceeding writers on his fide of the question do ...
... seems to deny , with the greatest plaufibility , that there are things poffeffed of fuch real worth and excellence , as to be univerfally esteemed in all countries and ages . As the fucceeding writers on his fide of the question do ...
Page 465
... seems a juft confequence that they fhould be more generally formed for relishing and judg . ing of performances in that way : whereas the art of reprefenting ideas by means of lines and colours , lies more out of the road of common ufe ...
... seems a juft confequence that they fhould be more generally formed for relishing and judg . ing of performances in that way : whereas the art of reprefenting ideas by means of lines and colours , lies more out of the road of common ufe ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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