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Side viii
... true and new , these are indisputably our own , by right of discovery ; and if we can repeat what is old , more briefly and brightly than others , this also becomes our own by right of conquest . The pointed propriety of Pope , was to ...
... true and new , these are indisputably our own , by right of discovery ; and if we can repeat what is old , more briefly and brightly than others , this also becomes our own by right of conquest . The pointed propriety of Pope , was to ...
Side ix
... true gentleman will appear , even in rags , so true gen- ius will shine even through the coarsest style . But above all I do most earnestly hope , that none will accuse me of usurping on this occasion , the chair of the Moralist , or ...
... true gentleman will appear , even in rags , so true gen- ius will shine even through the coarsest style . But above all I do most earnestly hope , that none will accuse me of usurping on this occasion , the chair of the Moralist , or ...
Side xiii
... of information , and uften tinishes by attempting to instruct his instructer It is true that he has made very laudable use. * The second volume is added , making the entire work , and he only complete edition ever published in this country ...
... of information , and uften tinishes by attempting to instruct his instructer It is true that he has made very laudable use. * The second volume is added , making the entire work , and he only complete edition ever published in this country ...
Side xiv
Or, Many Things in Few Words Charles Caleb Colton. It is true that he has made very laudable use of his eyes , since his opera - glass has given him an insight into others , and his looking - glass has helped him to some knowledge of ...
Or, Many Things in Few Words Charles Caleb Colton. It is true that he has made very laudable use of his eyes , since his opera - glass has given him an insight into others , and his looking - glass has helped him to some knowledge of ...
Side xv
... true , may sometimes be falsely applied ; and none are so likely to be so , as those that from having been found capable of effecting so much , are expected to form all . An Indian has very few tools , and it is astonishing how much he ...
... true , may sometimes be falsely applied ; and none are so likely to be so , as those that from having been found capable of effecting so much , are expected to form all . An Indian has very few tools , and it is astonishing how much he ...
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