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... written in imitation of the Georgics may be given this peculiar praise , that it is grounded in truth ; that the pre- cepts which it contains are exact and just , and it is therefore at once a book of entertainment and of science . This ...
... written in imitation of the Georgics may be given this peculiar praise , that it is grounded in truth ; that the pre- cepts which it contains are exact and just , and it is therefore at once a book of entertainment and of science . This ...
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... written - not sung - of a thinker , not of a fighter . In worth as a book we have rated it beyond any other product of the eighteenth century . All this is praise indeed , and well de- served . Their views as to the author , however ...
... written - not sung - of a thinker , not of a fighter . In worth as a book we have rated it beyond any other product of the eighteenth century . All this is praise indeed , and well de- served . Their views as to the author , however ...
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... written this book , and therefore the Johnson Society took him also into its fold . Thirdly , there was the book itself . It explained the British character better than any other book he knew , which was possibly the reason why it had ...
... written this book , and therefore the Johnson Society took him also into its fold . Thirdly , there was the book itself . It explained the British character better than any other book he knew , which was possibly the reason why it had ...
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