Collected Works, Volume 1Clarendon P., 1966 - English literature |
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Page 125
... perhaps mistaken zeal , for 5 a cause of which they were the champions . - But it is more our business to exhibit the opinions of the learned , than to con- trovert them . An Introduction to Languages , literary and philosophical ...
... perhaps mistaken zeal , for 5 a cause of which they were the champions . - But it is more our business to exhibit the opinions of the learned , than to con- trovert them . An Introduction to Languages , literary and philosophical ...
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... perhaps , an exuberance of sentiment is his greatest defect : indeed , so closely do they follow each other , that the reader has neither time to relish what is past , nor prepare himself for what is 10 to follow ; as in other ...
... perhaps , an exuberance of sentiment is his greatest defect : indeed , so closely do they follow each other , that the reader has neither time to relish what is past , nor prepare himself for what is 10 to follow ; as in other ...
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... perhaps , to facilitate its future 15 invention . We may not find the Philosopher's stone , but we shall probably hit upon new inventions in pursuing it . We shall , per- haps , never be able to discover the longitude , 3 yet , perhaps ...
... perhaps , to facilitate its future 15 invention . We may not find the Philosopher's stone , but we shall probably hit upon new inventions in pursuing it . We shall , per- haps , never be able to discover the longitude , 3 yet , perhaps ...
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