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... knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have lived together with companion- able ease and familiarity ; nor had Sir John Hawkins that nice perception ...
... knowledge of books and literary history ; but from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never could have lived together with companion- able ease and familiarity ; nor had Sir John Hawkins that nice perception ...
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... knowledge , and makes haste to gratify the publick curiosity , there is danger lest his interest , his fear , his gratitude , or his tenderness overpower his fidelity , and tempt him to conceal , if not to invent . There are many who ...
... knowledge , and makes haste to gratify the publick curiosity , there is danger lest his interest , his fear , his gratitude , or his tenderness overpower his fidelity , and tempt him to conceal , if not to invent . There are many who ...
21. oldal
... knowledge , to virtue and to truth ' . ' What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversa- tion ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and ...
... knowledge , to virtue and to truth ' . ' What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work , is , the quantity it contains of Johnson's conversa- tion ; which is universally acknowledged to have been eminently instructive and ...
22. oldal
... knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge 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 , that his ...
... knowledge , whether we intend to enlarge 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 , that his ...
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... knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original 1 . ' I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minuteness on some occasions of my detail of ...
... knowledge may be lost in imparting it , and how soon a succession of copies will lose all resemblance of the original 1 . ' I am fully aware of the objections which may be made to the minuteness on some occasions of my detail of ...
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