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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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... ample communications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents 1 Rambler , No. 60 . B. 2 In the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides . had been exerted in conversation , will best display his.
... ample communications of a similar nature . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his talents 1 Rambler , No. 60 . B. 2 In the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides . had been exerted in conversation , will best display his.
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... natural or moral knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than public 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 enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than public occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great master of nature , has not forgot in his account of Catiline to remark ...
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... nature of which eludes the most minute inquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an unconcern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretchedness ...
... nature of which eludes the most minute inquiry , though the effects are well known to be a weariness of life , an unconcern about those things which agitate the greater part of mankind , and a general sensation of gloomy wretchedness ...
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... nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence which conveys their blended illustrations in a language ' more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony . ' The above little verses also shew that ...
... nature and of art stand in prompt administration ; and in an eloquence which conveys their blended illustrations in a language ' more tuneable than needs or rhyme or verse to add more harmony . ' The above little verses also shew that ...
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