Dissertations Moral and Critical, Том 1Mess. Exshaw, Walker, Beatty, White, Byrne, Cash, and M'Kenzie, 1783 |
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... less profited by what we read or hear , as the objects of our attention are more or lefs important . To read in hafte , or without reflecting on what we read , may amufe a vacant hour , but will never improve the under- standing . And ...
... less profited by what we read or hear , as the objects of our attention are more or lefs important . To read in hafte , or without reflecting on what we read , may amufe a vacant hour , but will never improve the under- standing . And ...
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... less , of thefe qualities . Upon this principle , I muft blame , in the fashionable hands , all thofe Alou- rishes , that either require time , or mix with any other part of the writing ; all thofe heads and tails of letters , which are ...
... less , of thefe qualities . Upon this principle , I muft blame , in the fashionable hands , all thofe Alou- rishes , that either require time , or mix with any other part of the writing ; all thofe heads and tails of letters , which are ...
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... less than twelve months , if he hear it continually fpoken ; which , as he acquires the pronunciation , and accent , as well as the meaning , is a proof , not only of quick Memory , but also of an exact ear , and of great flexibility in ...
... less than twelve months , if he hear it continually fpoken ; which , as he acquires the pronunciation , and accent , as well as the meaning , is a proof , not only of quick Memory , but also of an exact ear , and of great flexibility in ...
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... less than two days , ( and this , I believe , is a common cafe ) should never , in my opinion , at- tempt it ; except , perhaps , on extraordinary oc- casions , when they may be obliged to speak with eafe and elegance , and yet have no ...
... less than two days , ( and this , I believe , is a common cafe ) should never , in my opinion , at- tempt it ; except , perhaps , on extraordinary oc- casions , when they may be obliged to speak with eafe and elegance , and yet have no ...
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... less exquifite formation of bodily organs , than any thing effential in the frame of the mind . Nay , fome have gone fo far as to fay , or at leaft to make us fuppofe it is their belief , that man's primitive state was a ftate of ...
... less exquifite formation of bodily organs , than any thing effential in the frame of the mind . Nay , fome have gone fo far as to fay , or at leaft to make us fuppofe it is their belief , that man's primitive state was a ftate of ...
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