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Pagina 54
... interest to suppress , and which , unless provoked by vindication , few were likely to examine , Though the life of a writer , from about thirty - five to fixty - three , may be fuppofed to have been fufficiently bufied by the com ...
... interest to suppress , and which , unless provoked by vindication , few were likely to examine , Though the life of a writer , from about thirty - five to fixty - three , may be fuppofed to have been fufficiently bufied by the com ...
Pagina 61
... interest . He that never finds his error till it hinders his progrefs towards wealth or honour , will not be thought to love Truth only for herself . Yet it may eafily happen that information may come at a commodious time ; and as truth ...
... interest . He that never finds his error till it hinders his progrefs towards wealth or honour , will not be thought to love Truth only for herself . Yet it may eafily happen that information may come at a commodious time ; and as truth ...
Pagina 89
... occafions his judgement much rebelled against his interest . There are minds which easily fink into fubmiffion , that look on grandeur with undistinguishing reverence , and discover no defect where there is undif- DRY D E N. 89.
... occafions his judgement much rebelled against his interest . There are minds which easily fink into fubmiffion , that look on grandeur with undistinguishing reverence , and discover no defect where there is undif- DRY D E N. 89.
Pagina 90
... interest when he mentions his enemies . He de- grades his own dignity by fhewing that he was affected by their cenfures , and gives last- ing importance to names , which , left to themselves , would vanish from remembrance . From this ...
... interest when he mentions his enemies . He de- grades his own dignity by fhewing that he was affected by their cenfures , and gives last- ing importance to names , which , left to themselves , would vanish from remembrance . From this ...
Pagina 161
... interest- ed in the event . One gave him the different editions of his author , and another helped him in the fubordinate parts . The argu- ments of the feveral books were given him by Addifon .. The hopes of the publick were not dif ...
... interest- ed in the event . One gave him the different editions of his author , and another helped him in the fubordinate parts . The argu- ments of the feveral books were given him by Addifon .. The hopes of the publick were not dif ...
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