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Pagina xiii
... reason , occa- sionally complained of him as vain , inquisitive , troublesome , and giddy ; but his vanity was inoffensive- his curiosity was commonly directed towards laudable objects — when he med- dled , he did so , generally , from ...
... reason , occa- sionally complained of him as vain , inquisitive , troublesome , and giddy ; but his vanity was inoffensive- his curiosity was commonly directed towards laudable objects — when he med- dled , he did so , generally , from ...
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... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , No- vember 17. 1785 : " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it ...
... reason I had to hope for the countenance of that venerable gentleman to this Work , will appear from what he wrote to me upon a former occasion from Oxford , No- vember 17. 1785 : " Dear Sir , I hazard this letter , not knowing where it ...
Pagina 26
... reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an ...
... reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight , and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless . If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an ...
Pagina 30
... reasons why the obscurity in which such facts are usually buried may be re- gretted . Morally , we should wish to ... reason to suppose , is now often unknown or mistaken ; -legally , it would be desirable to have any additional means ...
... reasons why the obscurity in which such facts are usually buried may be re- gretted . Morally , we should wish to ... reason to suppose , is now often unknown or mistaken ; -legally , it would be desirable to have any additional means ...
Pagina 33
... reason to doubt : for , there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly ...
... reason to doubt : for , there is no instance of any man , whose history has been minutely related , that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour . " In all such investigations it is certainly ...
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