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... is not , after all , so decisive of the controverted point as I once thought it , or as my censor , ( if I am right in Ib . 264 . my inference of his meaning , ) is willing to PREFACE . 5 S-'s I conclude) " point by ...
... is not , after all , so decisive of the controverted point as I once thought it , or as my censor , ( if I am right in Ib . 264 . my inference of his meaning , ) is willing to PREFACE . 5 S-'s I conclude) " point by ...
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Charles Symmons. the first duty of language , that of communi- cating thought with propriety and precision . This is the false in composition , and while the critic may explain the causes of the error , the illiterate will feel and will ...
Charles Symmons. the first duty of language , that of communi- cating thought with propriety and precision . This is the false in composition , and while the critic may explain the causes of the error , the illiterate will feel and will ...
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... thought , to assert that I have never yet read one of his productions with unmingled or even with prevailing plea- sure ; if this I say be a crime in me , I cannot hesitate to avow it , and I must consent to visit that allotment of ...
... thought , to assert that I have never yet read one of his productions with unmingled or even with prevailing plea- sure ; if this I say be a crime in me , I cannot hesitate to avow it , and I must consent to visit that allotment of ...
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... thought and my feelings , that with them they must exist or must perish . The nature of these principles will be obviously and immediately apparent to my readers ; for I have made too explicit an avowal of my political creed , with ...
... thought and my feelings , that with them they must exist or must perish . The nature of these principles will be obviously and immediately apparent to my readers ; for I have made too explicit an avowal of my political creed , with ...
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... thought , came wafted by her doves , With all her shafts and war , the Queen of loves : For this her Gnidos , Paphos , Ida scorn'd , And Cyprus , with her rosy blush adorn'd . But I , ere yet her sovereign power enthralls , Prepare to ...
... thought , came wafted by her doves , With all her shafts and war , the Queen of loves : For this her Gnidos , Paphos , Ida scorn'd , And Cyprus , with her rosy blush adorn'd . But I , ere yet her sovereign power enthralls , Prepare to ...
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