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Page 10
... ther we may fill excel them in thefe , by means of discoveries and improvements yet to be made , ' it would be the greateft prefumption in any man to fay . But as it requires not a prophetic fpirit to discover , it implies no ...
... ther we may fill excel them in thefe , by means of discoveries and improvements yet to be made , ' it would be the greateft prefumption in any man to fay . But as it requires not a prophetic fpirit to discover , it implies no ...
Page 41
... ther genus of oratory , in many things fimilar to the former , but which is naturally fuited to light and trivial matters . THIS alfo may be branched into three forts , correfponding to thofe already difcuffed , direct- ed to the fancy ...
... ther genus of oratory , in many things fimilar to the former , but which is naturally fuited to light and trivial matters . THIS alfo may be branched into three forts , correfponding to thofe already difcuffed , direct- ed to the fancy ...
Page 76
... ther of ancient wisdom , Socrates . As the at- tack of ridicule , whatever form it adopts , is al- ways indirect , that of irony may be faid to be reverted . It resembles the manner of fighting afcribed to the ancient Parthians , who ...
... ther of ancient wisdom , Socrates . As the at- tack of ridicule , whatever form it adopts , is al- ways indirect , that of irony may be faid to be reverted . It resembles the manner of fighting afcribed to the ancient Parthians , who ...
Page 89
... ther . " I maintain , that men alfo laugh at jefts , the wit whereof doth not confift in difco- yering any abfurdity of another ; for all jefts do not come within his defcription . On a careful perufal of the foregoing fheets , the ...
... ther . " I maintain , that men alfo laugh at jefts , the wit whereof doth not confift in difco- yering any abfurdity of another ; for all jefts do not come within his defcription . On a careful perufal of the foregoing fheets , the ...
Page 104
... ther . The whole is greater than a part ; ' and in brief , all axioms in arithmetic and geometry . Thefe are in effect but fo many different expo- fitions of our own general notions , taken in dif- ferent views . Some of them are no ...
... ther . The whole is greater than a part ; ' and in brief , all axioms in arithmetic and geometry . Thefe are in effect but fo many different expo- fitions of our own general notions , taken in dif- ferent views . Some of them are no ...
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