The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 4William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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... naturally abounds . They were all three very well versed in the politer parts of learning , and had tra- velled into the most refined nations of Europe : so that they were capable of entertaining themselves on a thousand different ...
... naturally abounds . They were all three very well versed in the politer parts of learning , and had tra- velled into the most refined nations of Europe : so that they were capable of entertaining themselves on a thousand different ...
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... natural to laugh at such studies as are employed on low and vulgar objects . What curious observations have been made on spiders , lobsters , and cockle - shells ? yet the very naming of them is almost sufficient to turn them into ...
... natural to laugh at such studies as are employed on low and vulgar objects . What curious observations have been made on spiders , lobsters , and cockle - shells ? yet the very naming of them is almost sufficient to turn them into ...
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... natural light , let us fancy , if you please , that about a thousand years hence , some pro- found author shall write a learned treatise on the habits of the present age , distinguished into the fol- lowing titles and chapters . Of the ...
... natural light , let us fancy , if you please , that about a thousand years hence , some pro- found author shall write a learned treatise on the habits of the present age , distinguished into the fol- lowing titles and chapters . Of the ...
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... natural to the mind of man . I declare to you , says Cynthio , you have aston- ished me with the several parts of knowledge that you have discovered on medals . I could never fan- cy , before this evening , that a coin could have any ...
... natural to the mind of man . I declare to you , says Cynthio , you have aston- ished me with the several parts of knowledge that you have discovered on medals . I could never fan- cy , before this evening , that a coin could have any ...
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... natural philosophy , physic , and the civil law ? Yet Vitruvius will give you his reasons , such as they are , why a good architect is master of these several arts and sciences . Sure , says Cynthio , Martial had never read Vitruvius ...
... natural philosophy , physic , and the civil law ? Yet Vitruvius will give you his reasons , such as they are , why a good architect is master of these several arts and sciences . Sure , says Cynthio , Martial had never read Vitruvius ...
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