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... mankind . The dialogue is one constant re- ciprocation of conceits , or clash of wit , in which nothing flows necessarily from the occasion , or is dictated by nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and ...
... mankind . The dialogue is one constant re- ciprocation of conceits , or clash of wit , in which nothing flows necessarily from the occasion , or is dictated by nature . The characters , both of men and women , are either fictitious and ...
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... mankind makes it often mischievous in men of eminence to give way to merriment ; the idle and the illiterate will long shelter themselves under this foolish apophthegm . Whether he rested satisfied with this direction , or sought for ...
... mankind makes it often mischievous in men of eminence to give way to merriment ; the idle and the illiterate will long shelter themselves under this foolish apophthegm . Whether he rested satisfied with this direction , or sought for ...
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... mankind ; whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How surprising is it to observe , among the least culpable men , some whose minds are attracted by ...
... mankind ; whence it comes to pass , that as many monstrous absurd productions are found in the moral as in the intellectual world . How surprising is it to observe , among the least culpable men , some whose minds are attracted by ...
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... mankind , yet none of the whole mass , either good or bad , are entirely exempted from some absurd mixture . He about this time ( Aug. 22 , 1716 ) became one of the Elects of the College of Physicians ; and was soon after ( Oct. 1 ) ...
... mankind , yet none of the whole mass , either good or bad , are entirely exempted from some absurd mixture . He about this time ( Aug. 22 , 1716 ) became one of the Elects of the College of Physicians ; and was soon after ( Oct. 1 ) ...
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... mankind ; and that as to physic , I expressly affirmed that learning must be joined with native genius to make a physician of the first rank ; but if those talents are separated , I asserted , and do still insist , that a man of native ...
... mankind ; and that as to physic , I expressly affirmed that learning must be joined with native genius to make a physician of the first rank ; but if those talents are separated , I asserted , and do still insist , that a man of native ...
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