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Page 23
... tell or receive these stories should consider that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the horseman must be limited by the power of his horse . Every man , that has ever undertaken to in- struct others , can tell ...
... tell or receive these stories should consider that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the horseman must be limited by the power of his horse . Every man , that has ever undertaken to in- struct others , can tell ...
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... tell how a shepherd has lost his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is be- come of Lycidas , and how neither god can tell . He who thus ...
... tell how a shepherd has lost his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what is be- come of Lycidas , and how neither god can tell . He who thus ...
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... tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a com- modious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things , and rejecting others ...
... tell any thing as it was heard , when Sprat could not refrain from amplifying a com- modious incident , though the book to which he prefixed his narrative contained its confutation . A memory admitting some things , and rejecting others ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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