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Page 83
... greatest part of that book was finished about thirteen years fince , 1696 , which is eight years before it was published . The author was then young , his invention at the height , and his read- ing fresh in his head . By the affiftance ...
... greatest part of that book was finished about thirteen years fince , 1696 , which is eight years before it was published . The author was then young , his invention at the height , and his read- ing fresh in his head . By the affiftance ...
Page 97
... to deal freely , the greatest number he should have left untouched , as never fufpecting it poffible any wrong interpretations could be made of them . VOL . II . C The The author observes , at the end of the book AN APOLOGY , xvii.
... to deal freely , the greatest number he should have left untouched , as never fufpecting it poffible any wrong interpretations could be made of them . VOL . II . C The The author observes , at the end of the book AN APOLOGY , xvii.
Page 129
... greatest figure , whether a Creon , an Hyper- bolus , an Alcibiades , or a Demofthenes : but , on the other fide , the leaft reflecting word let fall against the people in general , was immediately caught up , and revenged upon the ...
... greatest figure , whether a Creon , an Hyper- bolus , an Alcibiades , or a Demofthenes : but , on the other fide , the leaft reflecting word let fall against the people in general , was immediately caught up , and revenged upon the ...
Page 134
... whofe orators the author determines either to the gallows , or a conventicle . † In the open air , and in ftreets where the greatest resort is . - # - 35 their defervings ; there being a strict and perpetual their 34 INTRODUCTION .
... whofe orators the author determines either to the gallows , or a conventicle . † In the open air , and in ftreets where the greatest resort is . - # - 35 their defervings ; there being a strict and perpetual their 34 INTRODUCTION .
Page 139
... greatest part of our fociety has already deferted to them , and our nearest friends begin to ftand aloof , as if they were half - ashamed to own us . * Vix , About moving the earth . 1 22 : 1 This is the utmost I am authorised This ...
... greatest part of our fociety has already deferted to them , and our nearest friends begin to ftand aloof , as if they were half - ashamed to own us . * Vix , About moving the earth . 1 22 : 1 This is the utmost I am authorised This ...
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