 | John Hawkesworth - 1773 - 444 Seiten
...of the obfervation is alfo manifeft from more familiar inftances. The rope-dancer and balance-mafler owe their art, not to any peculiar liberality of Nature,...application would not always produce equal excellence in thefe, any more than in other arts j yet there is no doubt but that a certain degree of proficiency... | |
 | John Hawkesworth - 1775 - 576 Seiten
...gifts ; and though equal diligence and application would not always produce equal excellence in thefe, any more than in other arts: yet there is no doubt but that a certain degree of proficiency in them might be univerfally attained. Another proof of the exiftence of abilities in mankind, that are almoft... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1804 - 304 Seiten
...common with all other men who have no particular infirmity or defect. The truth of the observation is also manifest from more familiar instances. The...balance-master owe their art, not to any peculiar gift of Nature, but to an accidental improvement of their common abilities ; and though equal diligence... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1806 - 304 Seiten
...art, not to any peculiar gift of Nature, but to an accidental improvement of their common ab'ilities; and though equal diligence and application would not always produce equal excellence in these, auy more than in other arts ; yet there is no doubt but that a certain degree of proficiency in them... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 448 Seiten
...with us, and all other men who have no particular infirmity or defect. The truth of the observation is also manifest from more familiar instances. The...gifts ; and though equal diligence and application kl not always produce equal excellence in these, any more than in other arts ; yet there is no doubt... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 Seiten
...with us, and all other men who have no particular infirmity or defect. The truth of the observation is also manifest from more familiar instances. The...doubt but that a certain degree of proficiency in them •might be universally attained. Another proof of the existence of abilities in mankind, that are... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 636 Seiten
...with us, and all other men who have no particular infirmity or defect. The truth of the observation is also manifest from more familiar instances. The...doubt but that a certain degree of proficiency in them might be universally attained. Another proof of time existence of abilities in mankind, that are almost... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 636 Seiten
...defect. The truth of the observation is also manifest from more familiar instances. The гoрe-dancer and balance-master owe their art, not to any peculiar...doubt but that a certain degree of proficiency in them might be universally attained. Another proof of the existence of abilities in mankind, that are almost... | |
 | James Cook - 1904 - 454 Seiten
...with us, and all other men who have no particular infirmity or defect. The truth of the observation is also manifest from more familiar instances. The...doubt but that a certain degree of proficiency in them might be universally attained. Another proof of the existence of abilities in mankind, that are almost... | |
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... stimulated to the effort by some uncommon circumstances or situation. These Indians effected what to us appeared to be supernatural, merely by the application of such powers as they possessed in common with us, and all other men who have no particular... 