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Page 84
... believe that we have negligently lost part of our vowels , and that the silent e which our ancestors added to most of our monosyllables was once vocal . By this detruncation of our sylla- bles , our language is overstocked with ...
... believe that we have negligently lost part of our vowels , and that the silent e which our ancestors added to most of our monosyllables was once vocal . By this detruncation of our sylla- bles , our language is overstocked with ...
Page 129
... believe themselves to abhor . Truth is , indeed , not often welcome for its own sake ; it is generally unpleasing , because contrary to our wishes and opposite to our practice ; and , as our attention naturally follows our interest , we ...
... believe themselves to abhor . Truth is , indeed , not often welcome for its own sake ; it is generally unpleasing , because contrary to our wishes and opposite to our practice ; and , as our attention naturally follows our interest , we ...
Page 352
... believe nothing too great for their attainment , and consider nothing as too little for their regard ; that they would extend their notice alike to science and to life , and unite some knowledge of the present world to their ac ...
... believe nothing too great for their attainment , and consider nothing as too little for their regard ; that they would extend their notice alike to science and to life , and unite some knowledge of the present world to their ac ...
Contents
Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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