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... remarkable , that when he transmitted his manu- script to Mr Strahan , the printer , after keeping it by him for some time , he wrote a letter to him , declining the pub- lication . Having however , sent one of the sermons to Dr Johnson ...
... remarkable , that when he transmitted his manu- script to Mr Strahan , the printer , after keeping it by him for some time , he wrote a letter to him , declining the pub- lication . Having however , sent one of the sermons to Dr Johnson ...
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... 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 remains still an undecided point , whether ...
... 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 remains still an undecided point , whether ...
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... remarkable inequality among men , than is usually found in point of common sense , reason , and judg ment . The constitution of our nature in this , as in all other respects , discovers admirable wisdom . In the dis- tribution of those ...
... remarkable inequality among men , than is usually found in point of common sense , reason , and judg ment . The constitution of our nature in this , as in all other respects , discovers admirable wisdom . In the dis- tribution of those ...
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... is another very indefinite , and therefore very improper sense , which has been too often put upon it ; when it is applied 1 に to signify any remarkable and distinguishing excellency of composition 41 The Sublime in Writing.
... is another very indefinite , and therefore very improper sense , which has been too often put upon it ; when it is applied 1 に to signify any remarkable and distinguishing excellency of composition 41 The Sublime in Writing.
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Hugh Blair. に to signify any remarkable and distinguishing excellency of composition , whether it raise in us the ideas of grandeur , or those of gentleness , elegance , or any other sort of beauty . In this sense Cæsar's Commentaries ...
Hugh Blair. に to signify any remarkable and distinguishing excellency of composition , whether it raise in us the ideas of grandeur , or those of gentleness , elegance , or any other sort of beauty . In this sense Cæsar's Commentaries ...
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