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Page 239
... knowledge , or claret and ignorance . " Dr. Robertson , ( who is very companionable , ) was beginning to dissent as to the pro- scription of claret . JOHNSON :: ( with a placid smile . ) " Nay , Sir , you shall not differ with me ; as I ...
... knowledge , or claret and ignorance . " Dr. Robertson , ( who is very companionable , ) was beginning to dissent as to the pro- scription of claret . JOHNSON :: ( with a placid smile . ) " Nay , Sir , you shall not differ with me ; as I ...
Page 278
... knowledge concern- ing it had been obtained in two ways ; from books , and from the relati ns of those country swains , who had seen a little of it . The plain meaning , therefore , is , ' To clear his doubts concerning Providence , and ...
... knowledge concern- ing it had been obtained in two ways ; from books , and from the relati ns of those country swains , who had seen a little of it . The plain meaning , therefore , is , ' To clear his doubts concerning Providence , and ...
Page 370
... knowledge is indifferent or superfluous ; and that general benevolence by which no order of men is hated or despised . " His principles both of thought and action were great and comprehensive . By a solicitous examination of objections ...
... knowledge is indifferent or superfluous ; and that general benevolence by which no order of men is hated or despised . " His principles both of thought and action were great and comprehensive . By a solicitous examination of objections ...
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