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Page 18
... hope of in- structing mankind , books appeared in small numbers , and were only of certain descriptions ; now , since the motive which im- pels to authorship is different , since avarice is more active and predominant than ambition ...
... hope of in- structing mankind , books appeared in small numbers , and were only of certain descriptions ; now , since the motive which im- pels to authorship is different , since avarice is more active and predominant than ambition ...
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... hope that some new facts would be brought forwards by its defenders : but , as the result of all the cafes in which it has been performed , in this country , is that the mother has died , we hope that it will never again be attempted ...
... hope that some new facts would be brought forwards by its defenders : but , as the result of all the cafes in which it has been performed , in this country , is that the mother has died , we hope that it will never again be attempted ...
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... hope may appear rational : but those who hold the opinion , however comfortless it seems , that man is likely ever to con- tinue the same animal which for so many thousand years history informs us he has been , -a creature compounded as ...
... hope may appear rational : but those who hold the opinion , however comfortless it seems , that man is likely ever to con- tinue the same animal which for so many thousand years history informs us he has been , -a creature compounded as ...
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Jauit | 11 |
Chronology See Investigation | 11 |
Hamboidrs Experiments on the Atmos | 11 |
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