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... nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of in- numerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupu- lous authenticity , has occasioned a degree of trouble ...
... nature of the work , in other respects , as it consists of in- numerable detached particulars , all which , even the most minute , I have spared no pains to ascertain with a scrupu- lous authenticity , has occasioned a degree of trouble ...
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... nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the Odyssey . Amidst a thousand entertaining and instructive episodes , the hero is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and he , in the whole ...
... nature , may in one respect be assimilated to the Odyssey . Amidst a thousand entertaining and instructive episodes , the hero is never long out of sight ; for they are all in some degree connected with him ; and he , in the whole ...
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... nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the abundance of the heart " should I not speak ? Let me then ...
... nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of the abundance of the heart " should I not speak ? Let me then ...
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... so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . d Rambler , No. 60 . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his DR . JOHNSON . 5.
... so much approbation , that I have good grounds for supposing that the world will not be indifferent to more ample communications of a similar nature . d Rambler , No. 60 . That the conversation of a celebrated man , if his DR . JOHNSON . 5.
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... natural or moral 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 ...
... natural or moral 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 ...
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