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... learning is of such rare emergence , that one man may know another half his life with- out being able to estimate his skill in hydrostaticks or astro- nomy ; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears . Those authors ...
... learning is of such rare emergence , that one man may know another half his life with- out being able to estimate his skill in hydrostaticks or astro- nomy ; but his moral and prudential character immediately appears . Those authors ...
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... learning , but learning out of place . When once he had engaged himself in disputation , thoughts flowed in on either side : he was now no longer at a loss ; he had always objections and solutions at command : verbaque provisam rem ...
... learning , but learning out of place . When once he had engaged himself in disputation , thoughts flowed in on either side : he was now no longer at a loss ; he had always objections and solutions at command : verbaque provisam rem ...
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... learning and great industry , could not but pro- duce something valuable . When he pleases least , it can only be said that a good design was ill directed . His translations of Northern and Welsh poetry deserve praise ; the imagery is ...
... learning and great industry , could not but pro- duce something valuable . When he pleases least , it can only be said that a good design was ill directed . His translations of Northern and Welsh poetry deserve praise ; the imagery is ...
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Milton | 15 |
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