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Page 113
Such equivocations are always unskilful ; but here they are indecent , and at least approach to impiety , of which , however , I believe the writer not to have been conscious . Such is the power of reputation justly acquired , that its ...
Such equivocations are always unskilful ; but here they are indecent , and at least approach to impiety , of which , however , I believe the writer not to have been conscious . Such is the power of reputation justly acquired , that its ...
Page 278
Of this charge we immediately discover that it is merely conjectural ; the purpose was such as no man would confess ; and a crime that admits no proof , why should we believe ? He has been described as magisterially presiding over the ...
Of this charge we immediately discover that it is merely conjectural ; the purpose was such as no man would confess ; and a crime that admits no proof , why should we believe ? He has been described as magisterially presiding over the ...
Page 329
What he had once written , he dismissed from his thoughts ; and , I believe , there is no example to be found of any correction or improvement made by him after publication . The hasti- ness of his productions might be the effect of ...
What he had once written , he dismissed from his thoughts ; and , I believe , there is no example to be found of any correction or improvement made by him after publication . The hasti- ness of his productions might be the effect of ...
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