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... fubject , capable of certain impref- fions and of being led on to a certain degree of im- provement . His mind is like his body . What at firft was cartilage , gradually becomes bone . Juft fo the mind acquires its folidity ; and what ...
... fubject , capable of certain impref- fions and of being led on to a certain degree of im- provement . His mind is like his body . What at firft was cartilage , gradually becomes bone . Juft fo the mind acquires its folidity ; and what ...
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... fubject . If genius be nothing more in the first inftance than a spirit of prying obfervation and inceffant curiofity , there feems to be no impoffibility , though there may be a greatly increased difficulty , in generating it after the ...
... fubject . If genius be nothing more in the first inftance than a spirit of prying obfervation and inceffant curiofity , there feems to be no impoffibility , though there may be a greatly increased difficulty , in generating it after the ...
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... fubject to a portion of the fame imperfection , as he that knows nothing of it beyond the language in which he has occafion to use it . It is here perhaps as in many other intellectual acquifitions ; the habit of in- vestigating ...
... fubject to a portion of the fame imperfection , as he that knows nothing of it beyond the language in which he has occafion to use it . It is here perhaps as in many other intellectual acquifitions ; the habit of in- vestigating ...
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... fubject to a partial madnefs . He is unable to regulate his mind , and fails at the mercy of every breath of accident or caprice . Such a perfon is ordinarily found incapable of application or perfeverance . He may form brilliant ...
... fubject to a partial madnefs . He is unable to regulate his mind , and fails at the mercy of every breath of accident or caprice . Such a perfon is ordinarily found incapable of application or perfeverance . He may form brilliant ...
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... fubject , that probably deferves to be ftated . It has often been faid that claffical learning is an excellent accomplishment in men devoted to let- ters , but that it is ridiculous , in parents whofe chil- dren are destined to more ...
... fubject , that probably deferves to be ftated . It has often been faid that claffical learning is an excellent accomplishment in men devoted to let- ters , but that it is ridiculous , in parents whofe chil- dren are destined to more ...
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againſt almoft becauſe cafe caufe cauſe cenfure Chap character child circumftance compofition confequence confiderable confidered confifts courfe defire degree difcernment Effay English language enquiry eſtabliſhed exercife exiftence exiſtence expreffion faid fame favour fcarcely fcience feems felf fenfe fenfibility fentiment fhall fhould fincerity firft firſt flave fociety fome fomething fometimes fource fpecies fpirit frequently ftand ftate ftill ftudy ftyle fubject fuch fuffer fufficiently fuperior fuppofe fyftem genius habits happineſs himſelf impoffible inftance inftruction intereft itſelf juft juftice labour language leaſt leffons lefs mafter mankind means ment mode moft morality moſt muft muſt neceffary nefs never obfervation occafion opinion ourſelves paffions pafs perfons perhaps philofophers pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent profe purpoſe queftion reader reafon refpect refult ſcarcely ſeems ſhall ſpeak ſtate talents taſk thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion ufually underſtanding uſe virtue whofe words worfe writers young perfons youth