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... He became an usher in a school ; then a chemist's assistant ; then he set up as a physician in South- Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning , ' c . 6 . " wark , but found that there was a prejudice against INTRODUCTION . ix.
... He became an usher in a school ; then a chemist's assistant ; then he set up as a physician in South- Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning , ' c . 6 . " wark , but found that there was a prejudice against INTRODUCTION . ix.
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... Learning in Europe , ' which was very generally praised , though in it he had the boldness to assail the whole body of pro- fessed critics as a class of writers whose increase was both a proof and a cause of the decline of learning . " ...
... Learning in Europe , ' which was very generally praised , though in it he had the boldness to assail the whole body of pro- fessed critics as a class of writers whose increase was both a proof and a cause of the decline of learning . " ...
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... learning is calculated to gratify curiosity rather than to satisfy the understanding . An account of that period only when language and learning arrived at its highest perfection is the most conducive to real improvement , since it at ...
... learning is calculated to gratify curiosity rather than to satisfy the understanding . An account of that period only when language and learning arrived at its highest perfection is the most conducive to real improvement , since it at ...
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... learning , no critical knowledge , and to have lived in great distress . When he died ( which he did in an obscure house near the Minories ) he had about him the copy of a tragedy , which , it seems , he had sold for a trifle to Bentley ...
... learning , no critical knowledge , and to have lived in great distress . When he died ( which he did in an obscure house near the Minories ) he had about him the copy of a tragedy , which , it seems , he had sold for a trifle to Bentley ...
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... learning ; and therefore the contest between them was unequal . The clearness of Mr. Locke's head renders his language perspicuous , the learning of Stillingfleet's clouds his . This is an instance of the superiority of good sense over ...
... learning ; and therefore the contest between them was unequal . The clearness of Mr. Locke's head renders his language perspicuous , the learning of Stillingfleet's clouds his . This is an instance of the superiority of good sense over ...
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