The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 5J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... serve to con- found it , making the language of the science more difficult than even the science itself . All order whatsoever is to be used for the sake of brevity and perspicuity ; we have therefore fol- lowed that of Mr. Ray in ...
... serve to con- found it , making the language of the science more difficult than even the science itself . All order whatsoever is to be used for the sake of brevity and perspicuity ; we have therefore fol- lowed that of Mr. Ray in ...
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... serve to direct him more readily to the objects intended , but he must by no means suppose himself possessed of adequate and distinct ideas till he has viewed the things them- selves , and not their representations . Copper - plates ...
... serve to direct him more readily to the objects intended , but he must by no means suppose himself possessed of adequate and distinct ideas till he has viewed the things them- selves , and not their representations . Copper - plates ...
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... serves to increase our ardour : we profit by the expe- rience of others , without sharing their toils or mis- fortunes ; and , in this part of knowledge , in a more particular manner , study is but relaxation . Of all histories ...
... serves to increase our ardour : we profit by the expe- rience of others , without sharing their toils or mis- fortunes ; and , in this part of knowledge , in a more particular manner , study is but relaxation . Of all histories ...
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... serving to increase their embarrass- ments . In recounting the transactions of remote antiquity , there is such a defect of materials , that the willingness of mankind to supply the chasm ,. has given birth to falsehood , and invited ...
... serving to increase their embarrass- ments . In recounting the transactions of remote antiquity , there is such a defect of materials , that the willingness of mankind to supply the chasm ,. has given birth to falsehood , and invited ...
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... serves to lengthen the thread of its history ; so that to give this branch of learning a just length in the circle of human pursuits , it is necessary to abridge several of the least important facts . It is true , we often at present ...
... serves to lengthen the thread of its history ; so that to give this branch of learning a just length in the circle of human pursuits , it is necessary to abridge several of the least important facts . It is true , we often at present ...
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