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... knowledge of mankind , is obviously so great to all persons employed in important concerns , that the reader is willing and pleased to have them brought again in view , in order to its being shewn in what manner they are indispensable ...
... knowledge of mankind , is obviously so great to all persons employed in important concerns , that the reader is willing and pleased to have them brought again in view , in order to its being shewn in what manner they are indispensable ...
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... knowledge and of ignorance , elegance and slovenliness , taste and awk- wardness , adroitness and clumsiness , perspicuity and obscu rity , pedantry and vulgarity , affectation and simplicity , va- nity and modesty ; and thus of almost ...
... knowledge and of ignorance , elegance and slovenliness , taste and awk- wardness , adroitness and clumsiness , perspicuity and obscu rity , pedantry and vulgarity , affectation and simplicity , va- nity and modesty ; and thus of almost ...
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... knowledge which we require . Now , admitting to those who maintain this opinion , that there is nothing deficient in the intimations concerning God and his laws , which we de- rive from these sources , there still occurs an important ...
... knowledge which we require . Now , admitting to those who maintain this opinion , that there is nothing deficient in the intimations concerning God and his laws , which we de- rive from these sources , there still occurs an important ...
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... knowledge does not appear to be very profound , his employ- ment in this particular being chiefly restricted to the di- version of picking up natural rarities by the bye . ' ( p . 27. ) 6 The next set of letters in this collection ...
... knowledge does not appear to be very profound , his employ- ment in this particular being chiefly restricted to the di- version of picking up natural rarities by the bye . ' ( p . 27. ) 6 The next set of letters in this collection ...
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... knowledge of facts and a patient scrutiny of complex evidence , not only clings to his ignorance with pertinacious fondness , but chuses to pester the world with his wrong - headed effusions , silence is usually the best treat- We ...
... knowledge of facts and a patient scrutiny of complex evidence , not only clings to his ignorance with pertinacious fondness , but chuses to pester the world with his wrong - headed effusions , silence is usually the best treat- We ...
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Page 108 - ... sun. And behold a man bent with age coming from the way of the wilderness leaning on a staff. And Abraham arose, and met him, and said unto him, ' Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night ; and thou shall arise early in the morning, and go on thy way.' And the man said, 'Nay; for I will abide under this tree.