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Page 144
... less intelligible , and less striking . What Cicero says of philosophy is true likewise of wit and humour , that ' time effaces the fictions of opinion , and confirms the determinations of Nature . ' Such manners as depend upon standing ...
... less intelligible , and less striking . What Cicero says of philosophy is true likewise of wit and humour , that ' time effaces the fictions of opinion , and confirms the determinations of Nature . ' Such manners as depend upon standing ...
Page 160
... less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary sup- position , that his judgement would probably have been less severe , if his imagination had been more fruitful . , It is ridiculous to oppose ...
... less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary sup- position , that his judgement would probably have been less severe , if his imagination had been more fruitful . , It is ridiculous to oppose ...
Page 270
... less cogent , by men less famed for liberality .. Yet Dryden always represented himself as suffering under a public infliction ; and once particularly demands respect for the patience with which he endured the loss of his little fortune ...
... less cogent , by men less famed for liberality .. Yet Dryden always represented himself as suffering under a public infliction ; and once particularly demands respect for the patience with which he endured the loss of his little fortune ...
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