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... thing wherein their sub- jects coincide . A man must have an uncom- mon confidence in his own faculties , ( I might have faid in his own infallibility ) who is not fenfibly more satisfied of the juftness of their procedure , especially ...
... thing wherein their sub- jects coincide . A man must have an uncom- mon confidence in his own faculties , ( I might have faid in his own infallibility ) who is not fenfibly more satisfied of the juftness of their procedure , especially ...
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... thing should be alike perfpicuous to every reader , or that all the parts fhould be equally elevat- ed . Variety in this refpect , as well as in others , is perhaps , on the whole , more pleaf- ing and more instructive , than too ...
... thing should be alike perfpicuous to every reader , or that all the parts fhould be equally elevat- ed . Variety in this refpect , as well as in others , is perhaps , on the whole , more pleaf- ing and more instructive , than too ...
Page ix
... thing be farther from his thoughts than to pretend to an exemption from such positive faults in expreffion , as , on the article of Elo- cution , he hath fo freely criticized in the best English authors . He is entirely fenfible , that ...
... thing be farther from his thoughts than to pretend to an exemption from such positive faults in expreffion , as , on the article of Elo- cution , he hath fo freely criticized in the best English authors . He is entirely fenfible , that ...
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... Good 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 .
... Good 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 ...
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