The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 190
... hear them speak obscurely , or reason pre- posterously ( into which absurdities , prejudice , pride , or interest , will sometimes throw the wisest ) , I count it no crime to rectify their reasonings , unless con- science must truckle ...
... hear them speak obscurely , or reason pre- posterously ( into which absurdities , prejudice , pride , or interest , will sometimes throw the wisest ) , I count it no crime to rectify their reasonings , unless con- science must truckle ...
Page 205
... hears , And longer will delay to hear thee tell His generation , ' & c . The angel's encouraging our first parents in a modest pursuit after knowledge , with the causes which he assigns for the creation of the world , are very just and ...
... hears , And longer will delay to hear thee tell His generation , ' & c . The angel's encouraging our first parents in a modest pursuit after knowledge , with the causes which he assigns for the creation of the world , are very just and ...
Page 262
... built their intended city they should be reduced by hunger to eat their very tables . But , when they hear that this was one of the cir- cumstances that had been transmitted to the Romans in the 262 351 . SPECTATOR .
... built their intended city they should be reduced by hunger to eat their very tables . But , when they hear that this was one of the cir- cumstances that had been transmitted to the Romans in the 262 351 . SPECTATOR .
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