Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... fcience ridiculous , to fuch as are not well verfed in it . Nothing is more eafy than to repre- fent as impertinences any parts of learning that have no immediate relation to the happiness or conve- nience of mankind . When a man fpends ...
... fcience ridiculous , to fuch as are not well verfed in it . Nothing is more eafy than to repre- fent as impertinences any parts of learning that have no immediate relation to the happiness or conve- nience of mankind . When a man fpends ...
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... fcience ftill more contemptible . On the contrary , fays Cynthio , we are already fo perfuaded of the unprofitableness of your fcience , that you can but leave us where you find us , but if you fucceed you increase the number of your ...
... fcience ftill more contemptible . On the contrary , fays Cynthio , we are already fo perfuaded of the unprofitableness of your fcience , that you can but leave us where you find us , but if you fucceed you increase the number of your ...
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... fciences receive a confiderable illuftration from this ftudy . I must however tell you , that Medals and the Civil Law ... fcience into ridicule . Yet it is certain there are a thousand little impertinencies of this nature that are very ...
... fciences receive a confiderable illuftration from this ftudy . I must however tell you , that Medals and the Civil Law ... fcience into ridicule . Yet it is certain there are a thousand little impertinencies of this nature that are very ...
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... fcience , without knowing whether there were Coins of iron or lead among the old Romans , and if a man is well acquainted with the Device of a Medal , I do not fee what neceffity there is of being able to tell whether the Medal itself ...
... fcience , without knowing whether there were Coins of iron or lead among the old Romans , and if a man is well acquainted with the Device of a Medal , I do not fee what neceffity there is of being able to tell whether the Medal itself ...
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