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... ment of the church , he was prevented , by his timidity and diffidence in his abilities , from taking any active part ; but he was steadily attached to the cause of moderation , and his opinion was eagerly courted by Dr Robertson , Dr ...
... ment of the church , he was prevented , by his timidity and diffidence in his abilities , from taking any active part ; but he was steadily attached to the cause of moderation , and his opinion was eagerly courted by Dr Robertson , Dr ...
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... ment by which man becomes beneficial to man ; and it is to the intercourse and transmission of thought , by means of speech that we are chiefly indebted for the improvement of thought itself . Small are the advances which a single ...
... ment by which man becomes beneficial to man ; and it is to the intercourse and transmission of thought , by means of speech that we are chiefly indebted for the improvement of thought itself . Small are the advances which a single ...
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... ment in every part of eloquence ; such remarkable exam- ples have appeared of persons surmounting , by their dili- gence , the disadvantages of the most untoward nature ; that , among the learned , it has long been a contested , and ...
... ment in every part of eloquence ; such remarkable exam- ples have appeared of persons surmounting , by their dili- gence , the disadvantages of the most untoward nature ; that , among the learned , it has long been a contested , and ...
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... confound their beauties and faults in our esteem . It teaches us , in a word , to admire and to blame with judg- ment , and not to follow the crowd blindly . In an age when works of genius and literature are 6 LECT . I. INTRODUCTION .
... confound their beauties and faults in our esteem . It teaches us , in a word , to admire and to blame with judg- ment , and not to follow the crowd blindly . In an age when works of genius and literature are 6 LECT . I. INTRODUCTION .
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... ment of his nature as an intelligent being , and his duties as the subject of moral obligation . Belles Lettres and criticism chiefly consider him as a being endowed with those powers of taste and imagination , which were intend- ed to ...
... ment of his nature as an intelligent being , and his duties as the subject of moral obligation . Belles Lettres and criticism chiefly consider him as a being endowed with those powers of taste and imagination , which were intend- ed to ...
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