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Page 99
... opinion wanders about the world , and sometimes finds reception among wise men ; an opinion that restrains the operations of the mind to particular regions , and supposes that a luckless mortal may be born in a degree of latitude too ...
... opinion wanders about the world , and sometimes finds reception among wise men ; an opinion that restrains the operations of the mind to particular regions , and supposes that a luckless mortal may be born in a degree of latitude too ...
Page 104
... opinion ; and the opportunities now given of attracting notice by advertisements were then very few ; the means of proclaiming the publication of new books have been produced by that general literature which now per- vades the nation ...
... opinion ; and the opportunities now given of attracting notice by advertisements were then very few ; the means of proclaiming the publication of new books have been produced by that general literature which now per- vades the nation ...
Page 149
... opinions , are temporary and local , and therefore become every day 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 BUTLER 149.
... opinions , are temporary and local , and therefore become every day 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 BUTLER 149.
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