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... observed more frequently among the Scotch than any other nation , who are very careful not to omit the minutest circumstances of time or place ; which kind of discourse , if it were not a little re- people is certainly provoking . I ...
... observed more frequently among the Scotch than any other nation , who are very careful not to omit the minutest circumstances of time or place ; which kind of discourse , if it were not a little re- people is certainly provoking . I ...
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... observed nothing . Seem- ing to have eyes , in reality I saw nothing . But it is a matter of no very uncommon experience , that , whilst the mere observers never become meditators , the mere meditators , on the other hand , may finally ...
... observed nothing . Seem- ing to have eyes , in reality I saw nothing . But it is a matter of no very uncommon experience , that , whilst the mere observers never become meditators , the mere meditators , on the other hand , may finally ...
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... many centuries ? All this cant , then , about our ancestors is merely an abuse of words , by transferring phrases true of contemporary men to succeed- > ing ages . Whereas ( as we have before observed FALLACIES OF ANTI - REFORMERS . 125.
... many centuries ? All this cant , then , about our ancestors is merely an abuse of words , by transferring phrases true of contemporary men to succeed- > ing ages . Whereas ( as we have before observed FALLACIES OF ANTI - REFORMERS . 125.
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THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE By W Irving | 3 |
THE WORLD OF BOOKS | 25 |
IMPERFECT SYMPATHIES | 43 |
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