Collected Works, Volume 2Clarendon P., 1966 - English literature |
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Page 157
... nature with a finer relish , and tastes her blessings with a keener appetite than the philosopher , whose mind attempts to grasp an universal system . As I was some days ago pursuing this subject among a circle of my fellow slaves , an ...
... nature with a finer relish , and tastes her blessings with a keener appetite than the philosopher , whose mind attempts to grasp an universal system . As I was some days ago pursuing this subject among a circle of my fellow slaves , an ...
Page 182
... Nature so prodigal PL , with par . 2 she ] 62 ; om . PL 10-2 ( p . 183 ) When I . . . fellow creatures . ] 62 ; in PL this par . is placed after the one following . 1 The paragraph to this point ( except the first sentence ) is a free ...
... Nature so prodigal PL , with par . 2 she ] 62 ; om . PL 10-2 ( p . 183 ) When I . . . fellow creatures . ] 62 ; in PL this par . is placed after the one following . 1 The paragraph to this point ( except the first sentence ) is a free ...
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... nature again begins to repose for some succeeding effort.1 ΤΟ Some periods have been remarkable for the production of men of extraordinary stature ; others for producing some particular animals in great abundance ; some for excessive ...
... nature again begins to repose for some succeeding effort.1 ΤΟ Some periods have been remarkable for the production of men of extraordinary stature ; others for producing some particular animals in great abundance ; some for excessive ...
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