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... learning ; and surely it would be very acceptable to all those who are curious either in the original of nations , or the affinities of languages , to be further informed of the revolu- tion of a people so ancient , and once so ...
... learning ; and surely it would be very acceptable to all those who are curious either in the original of nations , or the affinities of languages , to be further informed of the revolu- tion of a people so ancient , and once so ...
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... learning . " JOHNSON . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use ; for instance , this boy rows us as well without learning , as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts ...
... learning . " JOHNSON . JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , that may be true in cases where learning cannot possibly be of any use ; for instance , this boy rows us as well without learning , as if he could sing the song of Orpheus to the Argonauts ...
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... learning of the Scotch ; - " Their learning is like bread in a besieged town : every man gets a little , but no man gets a full meal . " " There is ( said he , ) in Scotland a diffusion of learning , a certain portion of it widely and ...
... learning of the Scotch ; - " Their learning is like bread in a besieged town : every man gets a little , but no man gets a full meal . " " There is ( said he , ) in Scotland a diffusion of learning , a certain portion of it widely and ...
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