The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 82A. Constable, 1845 |
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... person . He exhibits a not uncommon union of scepticism and credulity . The combi- nation is not by any means unnatural ; for it often requires good and long training to cure a man of subtle doubts , and the first advances of knowledge ...
... person . He exhibits a not uncommon union of scepticism and credulity . The combi- nation is not by any means unnatural ; for it often requires good and long training to cure a man of subtle doubts , and the first advances of knowledge ...
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... persons we would remind of the fable of the old lion , and leave them to make its application . Were we disposed to rest on mere authority , we might be well content with the names of Cuvier , Owen , and Agassiz ; but were they , and ...
... persons we would remind of the fable of the old lion , and leave them to make its application . Were we disposed to rest on mere authority , we might be well content with the names of Cuvier , Owen , and Agassiz ; but were they , and ...
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... persons , are composed on an immense diversity of subjects , and , as to the mass of them , are more thoroughly un- premeditated , as well as more completely suggested ex visceribus causa , as Cicero would say , than those of almost any ...
... persons , are composed on an immense diversity of subjects , and , as to the mass of them , are more thoroughly un- premeditated , as well as more completely suggested ex visceribus causa , as Cicero would say , than those of almost any ...
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... persons , as if in custody , to the presence of the Ameer , is possible ; but this story of the blow we hold to be incredible ; and we are confirmed in this opinion by the fact , that the statement of an eyewitness of the scene makes no ...
... persons , as if in custody , to the presence of the Ameer , is possible ; but this story of the blow we hold to be incredible ; and we are confirmed in this opinion by the fact , that the statement of an eyewitness of the scene makes no ...
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... person who had heard the story , perhaps accurately told , but who had not witnessed the facts , and had no guide to correct the defects of his memory as to the sequence of events , or their dates . : After having endured brutal ...
... person who had heard the story , perhaps accurately told , but who had not witnessed the facts , and had no guide to correct the defects of his memory as to the sequence of events , or their dates . : After having endured brutal ...
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