American Quarterly Review, Volume 20Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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... matter it is , in the investiga- tion of facts , even to quote an author correctly . A correspondent , cited in the same Journal , ( vol . 28 , p . 312 , ) says- " Mr . Whewell quotes the observation of Capt . Beechey , that at Papiate ...
... matter it is , in the investiga- tion of facts , even to quote an author correctly . A correspondent , cited in the same Journal , ( vol . 28 , p . 312 , ) says- " Mr . Whewell quotes the observation of Capt . Beechey , that at Papiate ...
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... matter intelligible . Every one will immediately perceive , that many English words , which by mere custom we join together as one , may be analyzed into mono- syllables ; for example penknife , inkstand , husbandman , states- man , & c ...
... matter intelligible . Every one will immediately perceive , that many English words , which by mere custom we join together as one , may be analyzed into mono- syllables ; for example penknife , inkstand , husbandman , states- man , & c ...
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... matters of general utility . The principles of government have been discussed and applied ; science has been made not only the handmaid but the mother of a thousand useful arts ; and philosophy , in all her multiform varieties , has ...
... matters of general utility . The principles of government have been discussed and applied ; science has been made not only the handmaid but the mother of a thousand useful arts ; and philosophy , in all her multiform varieties , has ...
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... matter of fact . Thus breaking . away from all the laws of ordinary exposition , it required no uncommon genius to discover mountains of sense mystically wrapped up in many a little word , or to give to a train of Hebrew accents ...
... matter of fact . Thus breaking . away from all the laws of ordinary exposition , it required no uncommon genius to discover mountains of sense mystically wrapped up in many a little word , or to give to a train of Hebrew accents ...
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... matters not how we ' answer this question ; for no man , who has the ability to write a commentary , will be re- strained from acting his own pleasure in a matter of which he must be acknowledged to be the best judge . We should say ...
... matters not how we ' answer this question ; for no man , who has the ability to write a commentary , will be re- strained from acting his own pleasure in a matter of which he must be acknowledged to be the best judge . We should say ...
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