Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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... present edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether unsuc- cessful . The truth is , that a writer , who must be possessed of 12633 / + 15 58 884 the thought before he ...
... present edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether unsuc- cessful . The truth is , that a writer , who must be possessed of 12633 / + 15 58 884 the thought before he ...
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... others : in that particular , he cannot avoid the taking on him to judge for the reader , who can much better judge for himself June , 1763 , EDITOR'S PREFACE . THE present edition of Lord Kames ' 4 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... others : in that particular , he cannot avoid the taking on him to judge for the reader , who can much better judge for himself June , 1763 , EDITOR'S PREFACE . THE present edition of Lord Kames ' 4 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION .
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... present work ; as in all matters of practical utility , the only just judgment that can possibly be formed must necessarily rest on practical effects : and though he would be sorry to arrogate any superiority to himself , or to his own ...
... present work ; as in all matters of practical utility , the only just judgment that can possibly be formed must necessarily rest on practical effects : and though he would be sorry to arrogate any superiority to himself , or to his own ...
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... present time pursued in every well regulated female- school , both in this country and in Great Britain ; and as cases very rarely occur , in which young ladies are to be found with sufficient acquaintance with the ancient classics to ...
... present time pursued in every well regulated female- school , both in this country and in Great Britain ; and as cases very rarely occur , in which young ladies are to be found with sufficient acquaintance with the ancient classics to ...
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... present undertaking , which aspires not to morality , is , to examine the sensitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally agreeable , as well as those that are naturally disagreeable ; and by these means to ...
... present undertaking , which aspires not to morality , is , to examine the sensitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally agreeable , as well as those that are naturally disagreeable ; and by these means to ...
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