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Page 86
And it is no small credit to any man , to have made a good book , even upon a subject much less important than that of the present work ; and this praise is greatly enhanced when the object is the improvement of education , which is to ...
And it is no small credit to any man , to have made a good book , even upon a subject much less important than that of the present work ; and this praise is greatly enhanced when the object is the improvement of education , which is to ...
Page 88
... that we have invariably found certain things to have been conjoined in fact ; and this experience , in many cases , produces a conviction equal to that of demonstration . " p . 91 . We object to the expression that " we can have no ...
... that we have invariably found certain things to have been conjoined in fact ; and this experience , in many cases , produces a conviction equal to that of demonstration . " p . 91 . We object to the expression that " we can have no ...
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Poetry should be a union of eloquence and musick ; it is the object of the poet while he suggests noble and affecting images , to clothe them in numbers whose mechanical effect , independent of the sentiments , shall prepare the mind ...
Poetry should be a union of eloquence and musick ; it is the object of the poet while he suggests noble and affecting images , to clothe them in numbers whose mechanical effect , independent of the sentiments , shall prepare the mind ...
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Adams President letter from | 48 |
in Rhyme | 68 |
Lines from London Morning | 76 |
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