Collected Works, Volume 1Clarendon P., 1966 - English literature |
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... genius is able to lead learning . His system has been adopted by the literati ; and yet is 5 it not possible for opinions equally plausible to be formed upon opposite principles , if a genius like his , could be found to attempt such an ...
... genius is able to lead learning . His system has been adopted by the literati ; and yet is 5 it not possible for opinions equally plausible to be formed upon opposite principles , if a genius like his , could be found to attempt such an ...
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... genius , will no more venture it upon an un- certainty , than he who knows the true use of a guinea , will stake it with a sharper by throwing a main . EVERY encouragement given to stupidity , when known to be such , is also a negative ...
... genius , will no more venture it upon an un- certainty , than he who knows the true use of a guinea , will stake it with a sharper by throwing a main . EVERY encouragement given to stupidity , when known to be such , is also a negative ...
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... genius seems adapted to the times he lives in.1 How many do we see , who might have excelled in arts or sciences , and who seem 10 furnished with talents equal to the greatest discoveries , had the road not been already beaten by their ...
... genius seems adapted to the times he lives in.1 How many do we see , who might have excelled in arts or sciences , and who seem 10 furnished with talents equal to the greatest discoveries , had the road not been already beaten by their ...
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The History of Two Persons of Quality | 16 |
A Treatise upon Dropsies | 23 |
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