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... doubt , if it had pleased Providence to protract the date of his existence , that he would have ably executed much , of what he had so extensively planned . I have hitherto principally confined my discourse to the pursuits of our late ...
... doubt , if it had pleased Providence to protract the date of his existence , that he would have ably executed much , of what he had so extensively planned . I have hitherto principally confined my discourse to the pursuits of our late ...
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... " to any that can be produced from the ftores of Grecian , Indian , Perfian , " or even Arabian learning ; the antiquity of thofe compofitions no 66 " man " man doubts , and the unftrained application of them [ xii ]
... " to any that can be produced from the ftores of Grecian , Indian , Perfian , " or even Arabian learning ; the antiquity of thofe compofitions no 66 " man " man doubts , and the unftrained application of them [ xii ]
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William Jones. " man doubts , and the unftrained application of them to events long " fubfequent to their publication , is a folid ground of belief , that they " were genuine predictions , and confequently infpired . " There were in ...
William Jones. " man doubts , and the unftrained application of them to events long " fubfequent to their publication , is a folid ground of belief , that they " were genuine predictions , and confequently infpired . " There were in ...
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... - tions of fo many grave authors , that it would be strange incredulity to doubt their excellence . Painting , as an art belonging to the powers of of the imagination , or what is commonly called Genius ANNIVERSARY DISCOURSE . 13.
... - tions of fo many grave authors , that it would be strange incredulity to doubt their excellence . Painting , as an art belonging to the powers of of the imagination , or what is commonly called Genius ANNIVERSARY DISCOURSE . 13.
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... doubt , fome ufe in hiftorical re- searches ; but it is a medium of proof fo very fallacious , that , where it elucidates one fact , it obfcures a thoufand , and more frequently bor- ders on the ridiculous , than leads to any folid ...
... doubt , fome ufe in hiftorical re- searches ; but it is a medium of proof fo very fallacious , that , where it elucidates one fact , it obfcures a thoufand , and more frequently bor- ders on the ridiculous , than leads to any folid ...
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