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... whose perusal he offers what he has writ- Should they judge favourably of his attempt , he may not perhaps hesitate to confess , ten . Hoc juvat et melli est .-- For For tho ' he hopes he cannot be charged with vi PREFACE .
... whose perusal he offers what he has writ- Should they judge favourably of his attempt , he may not perhaps hesitate to confess , ten . Hoc juvat et melli est .-- For For tho ' he hopes he cannot be charged with vi PREFACE .
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... perhaps , whose very names are hardly known . The Fate indeed of ancient Authors ( as we have happened to mention them ) is not unworthy of our notice . A few of them survive in the Libraries of the learned , where some venerable Folio ...
... perhaps , whose very names are hardly known . The Fate indeed of ancient Authors ( as we have happened to mention them ) is not unworthy of our notice . A few of them survive in the Libraries of the learned , where some venerable Folio ...
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... perhaps no unpleasing spe- culation , to see how the SAME REASON has at all times prevailed ; how there is ONE TRUTH , like one Sun , that has en- lightened human Intelligence through every age , and saved it from the dark- ness both of ...
... perhaps no unpleasing spe- culation , to see how the SAME REASON has at all times prevailed ; how there is ONE TRUTH , like one Sun , that has en- lightened human Intelligence through every age , and saved it from the dark- ness both of ...
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... perhaps too much the case with the multitude in every nation , that as they know little beyond themselves , and their own affairs , so out of this narrow sphere of knowledge , they think nothing worth knowing . As we BRITONS by our ...
... perhaps too much the case with the multitude in every nation , that as they know little beyond themselves , and their own affairs , so out of this narrow sphere of knowledge , they think nothing worth knowing . As we BRITONS by our ...
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... perhaps it bear the same Form , but rather ( if I may use the Word ) ' tis a Sentence precative or optative . WHAT then shall we say ? Are Sen- tences to be quoted in this manner with- out ceasing , all differing from each other in ...
... perhaps it bear the same Form , but rather ( if I may use the Word ) ' tis a Sentence precative or optative . WHAT then shall we say ? Are Sen- tences to be quoted in this manner with- out ceasing , all differing from each other in ...
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