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... require fome of them at least , in every philofophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the land- marks of science precisely in their former places : : B 2 and and they thought they received but a poor recom pence.
... require fome of them at least , in every philofophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the land- marks of science precisely in their former places : : B 2 and and they thought they received but a poor recom pence.
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... science of policy are agreed , and they agree with experience , that all governments must frequently infringe the rules of justice to fup- port themselves ; that truth must give way to dif- fimulation ; honesty to convenience ; and huma ...
... science of policy are agreed , and they agree with experience , that all governments must frequently infringe the rules of justice to fup- port themselves ; that truth must give way to dif- fimulation ; honesty to convenience ; and huma ...
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... science . I never darkened it with absurd and contradictory notions , nor confounded it with chicane and fophistry . You have excluded me from any share in the conduct of my own cause ; the science was too deep for me ; I acknowledged ...
... science . I never darkened it with absurd and contradictory notions , nor confounded it with chicane and fophistry . You have excluded me from any share in the conduct of my own cause ; the science was too deep for me ; I acknowledged ...
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... science . By looking into phy- fical causes , our minds are opened and enlarged ; and in this pursuit , whether we take or whether we lose our game , the chace is certainly of service . Cicero , true as he was to the academick ...
... science . By looking into phy- fical causes , our minds are opened and enlarged ; and in this pursuit , whether we take or whether we lose our game , the chace is certainly of service . Cicero , true as he was to the academick ...
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... sciences some of the graces and elegancies of taste , without which the greatest proficiency in those sciences will al- ways have the appearance of fomething illiberal . 1 CON . T CONTENTS . PAGE A Philofophical Inquiry into the Origin ...
... sciences some of the graces and elegancies of taste , without which the greatest proficiency in those sciences will al- ways have the appearance of fomething illiberal . 1 CON . T CONTENTS . PAGE A Philofophical Inquiry into the Origin ...
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