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Page 112
It will , no doubt , appear strange to assert , that Spain was never more
Aourishing , better cultivated , or perhaps more populous than at preBent ; . That
it has never experienced any decline , dever having attained any eminent degree
of ...
It will , no doubt , appear strange to assert , that Spain was never more
Aourishing , better cultivated , or perhaps more populous than at preBent ; . That
it has never experienced any decline , dever having attained any eminent degree
of ...
Page 218
If gold and silver are , all the world over , nearly of the same value , and can
never in ' any particular place for any length of time be forced much above or
below the general level , gold and silver in England must always be very nearly
of the ...
If gold and silver are , all the world over , nearly of the same value , and can
never in ' any particular place for any length of time be forced much above or
below the general level , gold and silver in England must always be very nearly
of the ...
Page 466
There is the strongest reason to think that the light of na . ture , as it is termed ,
never extended its sphere of illumina . tion so widely as most of its advocates
have assumed ; and that the indications of design and contrivance in the system
of the ...
There is the strongest reason to think that the light of na . ture , as it is termed ,
never extended its sphere of illumina . tion so widely as most of its advocates
have assumed ; and that the indications of design and contrivance in the system
of the ...
Page 513
Of the productions of his pencil , tameness and insipidity were never the
characteristics , nor did he ever debase the manly character of his style , by
stooping to affectation . As to the lectures , we fear they are not much calculated
to enhance ...
Of the productions of his pencil , tameness and insipidity were never the
characteristics , nor did he ever debase the manly character of his style , by
stooping to affectation . As to the lectures , we fear they are not much calculated
to enhance ...
Page 518
Although never difficulted ' by his Scotticisms , we have not always forborne to
smile . The errors of the following sentence we attribute to the press , — ' These
are the Jonahs that raiseth the storm ; these are the chans that troubleth society .
Although never difficulted ' by his Scotticisms , we have not always forborne to
smile . The errors of the following sentence we attribute to the press , — ' These
are the Jonahs that raiseth the storm ; these are the chans that troubleth society .
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