Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 330 pages |
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Page 11
... naturally be mentioned . and would give occasion to some jokes about the probability of his turning Mussulman . If such jokes were made , Johnson , who frequently visited Oxford , was very likely to hear of them . 1 Vol . v . 409 . 2 ...
... naturally be mentioned . and would give occasion to some jokes about the probability of his turning Mussulman . If such jokes were made , Johnson , who frequently visited Oxford , was very likely to hear of them . 1 Vol . v . 409 . 2 ...
Page 19
... natural and simple language . That a general observation should be pronounced too just , by the very person who admits that it is not univers- ally just , is not a little odd.'3 1 v . 233 . 2 iv . 323 . siii . 228 . A very large ...
... natural and simple language . That a general observation should be pronounced too just , by the very person who admits that it is not univers- ally just , is not a little odd.'3 1 v . 233 . 2 iv . 323 . siii . 228 . A very large ...
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... natural or political philosophy are likely to be im- provements . Some errors have been detected by writers of this generation in the speculations of Adam Smith . A short cut has been made to much knowledge at which Sir Isaac Newton ...
... natural or political philosophy are likely to be im- provements . Some errors have been detected by writers of this generation in the speculations of Adam Smith . A short cut has been made to much knowledge at which Sir Isaac Newton ...
Page 31
... natural and reason- able . Sir Alexander saw that in proportion to the celebrity of the work , was the degradation of the author . The very editors of this unfortunate gentle- man's books have forgotten their allegiance , and , like ...
... natural and reason- able . Sir Alexander saw that in proportion to the celebrity of the work , was the degradation of the author . The very editors of this unfortunate gentle- man's books have forgotten their allegiance , and , like ...
Page 33
... natural demand for literature was , at the close of the seventeenth and at the beginning of the eighteenth century , more than made up by artificial encouragement , by a vast system of bounties and premiums . There was , perhaps , VOL ...
... natural demand for literature was , at the close of the seventeenth and at the beginning of the eighteenth century , more than made up by artificial encouragement , by a vast system of bounties and premiums . There was , perhaps , VOL ...
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