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Page 178
... readers does the author suppose he shall obtain ? Do the boasted constitution and laws of England deserve thus to be treated ? Did our ancestors search into other codes only to borrow from them what is bad ; and is a reformer to require ...
... readers does the author suppose he shall obtain ? Do the boasted constitution and laws of England deserve thus to be treated ? Did our ancestors search into other codes only to borrow from them what is bad ; and is a reformer to require ...
Page 249
... readers may ascribe this arrange- ment to a desire of heightening the colouring of the picture by a disregard of vulgar rules ; while others , less courteous , may suspect that the author , being aware that his materials were of a ...
... readers may ascribe this arrange- ment to a desire of heightening the colouring of the picture by a disregard of vulgar rules ; while others , less courteous , may suspect that the author , being aware that his materials were of a ...
Page 371
... readers will all agree in the truth of the following remarks : • The only account of a literary society which can be at all valu- able or interesting , is a detail of the efforts which they have made to increase the stock of knowledge ...
... readers will all agree in the truth of the following remarks : • The only account of a literary society which can be at all valu- able or interesting , is a detail of the efforts which they have made to increase the stock of knowledge ...
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