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... learning , though they knew I declared that I greatly honoured and esteemed all men of superior literature and erudition ; and that I only undervalued false or superficial learning , that signifies nothing for the service of mankind ...
... learning , though they knew I declared that I greatly honoured and esteemed all men of superior literature and erudition ; and that I only undervalued false or superficial learning , that signifies nothing for the service of mankind ...
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... learning , were very laudably industrious to enrich their own language with the wisdom of the ancients ; but found themselves reduced , by whatever necessity , to turn the Greek and Roman poetry into prose . Whoever could read an author ...
... learning , were very laudably industrious to enrich their own language with the wisdom of the ancients ; but found themselves reduced , by whatever necessity , to turn the Greek and Roman poetry into prose . Whoever could read an author ...
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... learning and to piety . Of his learning the late Collection exhibits evidence , which would have been yet fuller , if the dissertations which accompany his version of Pindar had not been improperly omitted . Of his piety the influence ...
... learning and to piety . Of his learning the late Collection exhibits evidence , which would have been yet fuller , if the dissertations which accompany his version of Pindar had not been improperly omitted . Of his piety the influence ...
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