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... expect little intelligence ; for the in- cidents which give excellence to biography are of a vola- tile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can portray a ...
... expect little intelligence ; for the in- cidents which give excellence to biography are of a vola- tile and evanescent kind , such as soon escape the memory , and are rarely transmitted by tradition . We know how few can portray a ...
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... expect to be asked . Now , sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . " n It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too ...
... expect to be asked . Now , sir , if a boy could answer every question , there would be no need of a master to teach him . " n It is , however , but justice to the memory of Mr. Hunter to mention , that though he might err in being too ...
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... expecting to find it a dull book , as such books generally are , and perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of ...
... expecting to find it a dull book , as such books generally are , and perhaps to laugh at it . But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion , after I became capable of ...
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... expect it . Your late offer1 gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I have other de- signs to impart , if I could be secure from having others reap the advantage of ...
... expect it . Your late offer1 gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I have other de- signs to impart , if I could be secure from having others reap the advantage of ...
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... of writing to you a few days ago , I did not expect a repetition of the same pleasure so soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in any manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but 80 [ 1738 . THE LIFE OF.
... of writing to you a few days ago , I did not expect a repetition of the same pleasure so soon ; for a pleasure I shall always think it , to converse in any manner with an ingenious and candid man ; but 80 [ 1738 . THE LIFE OF.
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