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... nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has occasioned a degree of trouble far ...
... nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of innumerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupulous authenticity , has occasioned a degree of trouble far ...
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... nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the ODYSSEY . Amidst a thousand entertaining and instructive episodes the HERO is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and HE , in the whole course ...
... nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the ODYSSEY . Amidst a thousand entertaining and instructive episodes the HERO is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and HE , in the whole course ...
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... I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . 1 Rambler , No. 60 . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his 4 THE LIFE OF DR JOHNSON.
... I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . 1 Rambler , No. 60 . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his 4 THE LIFE OF DR JOHNSON.
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... natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to inlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than publick occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark ...
... natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to inlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than publick occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark ...
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... nature of their task , or very negligent about the performance . They rarely afford any other account than might be ... natural reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruc- tion or ...
... nature of their task , or very negligent about the performance . They rarely afford any other account than might be ... natural reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruc- tion or ...
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