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I have laboured them with diligence, I hope with success; such at least as can be
expected in a task, which no man, however learned or sagacious, has yet been
able to perform. Some words there are which I cannot explain, because I do not ...
I have laboured them with diligence, I hope with success; such at least as can be
expected in a task, which no man, however learned or sagacious, has yet been
able to perform. Some words there are which I cannot explain, because I do not ...
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There is, however, proof enough that he was a very diligent reader ; nor was our
language then so indigent of books, but ... of human disquisition had found
English writers ; and poetry had been cultivated, not only with diligence, but
success.
There is, however, proof enough that he was a very diligent reader ; nor was our
language then so indigent of books, but ... of human disquisition had found
English writers ; and poetry had been cultivated, not only with diligence, but
success.
Página 181
A commentator has indeed great temptations to supply by turbulence what he
wants of dignity, to beat his little gold to a spacious surface, to work that to foam
which no art or diligence can exalt to spirit. The notes which I have borrowed or ...
A commentator has indeed great temptations to supply by turbulence what he
wants of dignity, to beat his little gold to a spacious surface, to work that to foam
which no art or diligence can exalt to spirit. The notes which I have borrowed or ...
Página 183
Of this knowledge every man has some, and none has much ; but when an
author has engaged the publick attention, those who can add any thing to his
illustration, communicate their discoveries, and time produces what had eluded
diligence ...
Of this knowledge every man has some, and none has much ; but when an
author has engaged the publick attention, those who can add any thing to his
illustration, communicate their discoveries, and time produces what had eluded
diligence ...
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... the changes of gravitation and the hazard of concussion, I cannot but fear that
they will supply the world with another instance of fruitless ingenuity, though I
hope they will not leave upon this country the reproach of unrewarded diligence.
... the changes of gravitation and the hazard of concussion, I cannot but fear that
they will supply the world with another instance of fruitless ingenuity, though I
hope they will not leave upon this country the reproach of unrewarded diligence.
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