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Page 133
... attention to these two things , both of great importance , knowledge and re- ligion . The great ufe of knowledge in all its various branches ( to which the learned languages are generally confidered as an introduction ) is to free the ...
... attention to these two things , both of great importance , knowledge and re- ligion . The great ufe of knowledge in all its various branches ( to which the learned languages are generally confidered as an introduction ) is to free the ...
Page 221
... Attention to STYLE must not detract from Attention to THOUGHT . In the last place , I cannot conclude the fubject without this admonition , that , in any cafe , and on any occa- fion , attention to Style muft not engrofs us fo much , as ...
... Attention to STYLE must not detract from Attention to THOUGHT . In the last place , I cannot conclude the fubject without this admonition , that , in any cafe , and on any occa- fion , attention to Style muft not engrofs us fo much , as ...
Page 490
... attention and fagacity of maturer years : that if , during the courfe of a long adminif tration , he had committed any mate- rial error in government ; or if , under the preffure of fo many and great af- fairs , and amidst the attention ...
... attention and fagacity of maturer years : that if , during the courfe of a long adminif tration , he had committed any mate- rial error in government ; or if , under the preffure of fo many and great af- fairs , and amidst the attention ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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