The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 183
... mean a beginning , did this great man reduce , what was only before noise , to one of the most delightful sciences , by marrying it to the mathematics : and by that means caused it to be one of the most ab- stract and demonstrative of ...
... mean a beginning , did this great man reduce , what was only before noise , to one of the most delightful sciences , by marrying it to the mathematics : and by that means caused it to be one of the most ab- stract and demonstrative of ...
Page 274
... means honestly . When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity , he is set fast ; and nothing will then serve his turn , neither truth nor falsehood . And I have often thought , that God hath , in his great wisdom , hid ...
... means honestly . When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity , he is set fast ; and nothing will then serve his turn , neither truth nor falsehood . And I have often thought , that God hath , in his great wisdom , hid ...
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... mean between bashfulness and impudence . I shall conclude with observing , that as the same man may be both modest and assured , so it is also possible for the same person to be both impudent and bashful . We have frequent instances of ...
... mean between bashfulness and impudence . I shall conclude with observing , that as the same man may be both modest and assured , so it is also possible for the same person to be both impudent and bashful . We have frequent instances of ...
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