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... took in and surmounted the most subtle and knotty parts of mathematicks and metaphy- sicks . His wit was prompt and flowing , yet solid and piercing ; his taste delicate , his head clear , and his way of expressing his thoughts ...
... took in and surmounted the most subtle and knotty parts of mathematicks and metaphy- sicks . His wit was prompt and flowing , yet solid and piercing ; his taste delicate , his head clear , and his way of expressing his thoughts ...
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... took with them , with an unreserved and prudent resignation . I have seen sketches and rough draughts of some poems he designed , set out analytically ; wherein the fable , struc- ture , and connexion , the images , incidents , moral ...
... took with them , with an unreserved and prudent resignation . I have seen sketches and rough draughts of some poems he designed , set out analytically ; wherein the fable , struc- ture , and connexion , the images , incidents , moral ...
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... took care to have no dealings with mankind , in which he could not be just ; and he desired to be at no other expence in his pretensions than that of intrinsick merit , which was the only burthen and reproach he ever brought upon his ...
... took care to have no dealings with mankind , in which he could not be just ; and he desired to be at no other expence in his pretensions than that of intrinsick merit , which was the only burthen and reproach he ever brought upon his ...
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... took his Master's degree on the 8th of July , 1696 he therefore was probably admitted into the univer- sity in 1689 , when we may suppose him twenty years old.1 : His reputation for literature in his college was such as has been told ...
... took his Master's degree on the 8th of July , 1696 he therefore was probably admitted into the univer- sity in 1689 , when we may suppose him twenty years old.1 : His reputation for literature in his college was such as has been told ...
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... took so little care of himself . From this time Smith employed his malice and his wit against the Dean , Dr. Aldrich , whom he considered as the opponent of his claim . Of his lampoon upon him , I once heard a single line too gross to ...
... took so little care of himself . From this time Smith employed his malice and his wit against the Dean , Dr. Aldrich , whom he considered as the opponent of his claim . Of his lampoon upon him , I once heard a single line too gross to ...
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