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... favoured with an opportunity of judging for itself , in re- gard to the merits of that performance . ONE reason , though not the only one , which the Author has for mentioning the manner wherein the compofition of this Work has been ...
... favoured with an opportunity of judging for itself , in re- gard to the merits of that performance . ONE reason , though not the only one , which the Author has for mentioning the manner wherein the compofition of this Work has been ...
Page xiv
... ufe not always uniform in her de- cifions . Canon the first . Canon the fecond . Canon the third . Canon the fourth . Canon the fifth . 371 374 378 382 383 385 SECT . SECT . II . Every thing favoured by good ufe xiv CONTENTS .
... ufe not always uniform in her de- cifions . Canon the first . Canon the fecond . Canon the third . Canon the fourth . Canon the fifth . 371 374 378 382 383 385 SECT . SECT . II . Every thing favoured by good ufe xiv CONTENTS .
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George Campbell. SECT . II . Every thing favoured by good ufe , not on that account worthy to be retained . Page 387 Canon the fixth . Canon the feventh . Canon the eighth . Canon the ninth . CHAP . III . Of grammatical purity . SECT . I ...
George Campbell. SECT . II . Every thing favoured by good ufe , not on that account worthy to be retained . Page 387 Canon the fixth . Canon the feventh . Canon the eighth . Canon the ninth . CHAP . III . Of grammatical purity . SECT . I ...
Page 70
... our morals , if none for our taste ; but to the indelible reproach of the taste , the feafe , and the virtue of the nation , in his favour . as as would be exceffively difguftful to any audi- ence . 70 B. I. THE PHILOSOPHY.
... our morals , if none for our taste ; but to the indelible reproach of the taste , the feafe , and the virtue of the nation , in his favour . as as would be exceffively difguftful to any audi- ence . 70 B. I. THE PHILOSOPHY.
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... favour one fide , to one that favours the contrary , determines the greater credibility of the former . Hence in all complicated cafes , the very degree of probability may be arithmetically afcertained . That two dice marked in the ...
... favour one fide , to one that favours the contrary , determines the greater credibility of the former . Hence in all complicated cafes , the very degree of probability may be arithmetically afcertained . That two dice marked in the ...
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