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... light nor heat , if he could only get six philosophers on his side . - Goldsmith . ABSURDITIES , IN OURSELVES.- -To pardon those absurdities in ourselves which we cannot suffer in others , is neither bet-- ter nor worse than to be more ...
... light nor heat , if he could only get six philosophers on his side . - Goldsmith . ABSURDITIES , IN OURSELVES.- -To pardon those absurdities in ourselves which we cannot suffer in others , is neither bet-- ter nor worse than to be more ...
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... light in a discourse , that make everything about them clear and beautiful . — Addison . AMBITION , FELT BY ALL . -There are few men who are not ambitious of distinguishing themselves in the nation or coun- try where they live , and of ...
... light in a discourse , that make everything about them clear and beautiful . — Addison . AMBITION , FELT BY ALL . -There are few men who are not ambitious of distinguishing themselves in the nation or coun- try where they live , and of ...
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... light of my understanding , the joy of my heart , the fulness of my hope , the clarifier of my affec- tions , the mirror of my thoughts , the consoler of my sorrows , the guide of my soul through this gloomy labyrinth of time , the ...
... light of my understanding , the joy of my heart , the fulness of my hope , the clarifier of my affec- tions , the mirror of my thoughts , the consoler of my sorrows , the guide of my soul through this gloomy labyrinth of time , the ...
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... light from books , nor so meanly as to believe he can discover nothing but what is to be learned from them . - Johnson . BOOKS , THEIR USE . - Books , to judicious compilers , are use- ful to particular arts and professions absolutely ...
... light from books , nor so meanly as to believe he can discover nothing but what is to be learned from them . - Johnson . BOOKS , THEIR USE . - Books , to judicious compilers , are use- ful to particular arts and professions absolutely ...
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... light ; " together with the terrors of evil omens , or haunt- ed places , and of ghastly spectres . - Percival . CROSS , THE.- -The cross of Christ , on which he was ex- tended , points in the length of it , to heaven and earth , recon ...
... light ; " together with the terrors of evil omens , or haunt- ed places , and of ghastly spectres . - Percival . CROSS , THE.- -The cross of Christ , on which he was ex- tended , points in the length of it , to heaven and earth , recon ...
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