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Page 105
... true are either true or false ; if false , we science , and prejudicial to the hap- have little to do with them ; if true , piness of mankind . To confute , they prove the fallacy of the human without convincing , is a common faculties ...
... true are either true or false ; if false , we science , and prejudicial to the hap- have little to do with them ; if true , piness of mankind . To confute , they prove the fallacy of the human without convincing , is a common faculties ...
Page 109
... true , that liv- Blacklock's new book . * I was very ing authors are often hardly dealt much surprised to see my name pre- with by their contemporaries ; wit- fixed to the dedication , as he never ness Milton , Collins the poet , and ...
... true , that liv- Blacklock's new book . * I was very ing authors are often hardly dealt much surprised to see my name pre- with by their contemporaries ; wit- fixed to the dedication , as he never ness Milton , Collins the poet , and ...
Page 347
... True , said the farmer , but you do people to give such offence to English not tell all the story : I think the cap travellers . The first part of the pro- was nevertheless an advantage to verb is thereby verified , that fools us ; for ...
... True , said the farmer , but you do people to give such offence to English not tell all the story : I think the cap travellers . The first part of the pro- was nevertheless an advantage to verb is thereby verified , that fools us ; for ...
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