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Page 194
... performance . ' This , however , was no very mischievous or very unusual deviation from truth : had his hypocrisy been confined to such trans- actions , he might have been forgiven , though not praised ; for who forbears to flatter an ...
... performance . ' This , however , was no very mischievous or very unusual deviation from truth : had his hypocrisy been confined to such trans- actions , he might have been forgiven , though not praised ; for who forbears to flatter an ...
Page 297
... performance no height of excellence can be expected from any mind , however fertile in itself , and however stored with acquisitions . He whose work is general and arbitrary , has the choice of his matter , and takes that which his ...
... performance no height of excellence can be expected from any mind , however fertile in itself , and however stored with acquisitions . He whose work is general and arbitrary , has the choice of his matter , and takes that which his ...
Page 385
... performance of their en- gagements . The apothecaries ventured upon publick op- position , and presented a kind of remonstrance against the design to the committee of the city , which the physicians condescended to confute : and at last ...
... performance of their en- gagements . The apothecaries ventured upon publick op- position , and presented a kind of remonstrance against the design to the committee of the city , which the physicians condescended to confute : and at last ...
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