Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 468
... himself admits that Cullen's character was far from perfect ; and , in the opinion of moft other men with whom we have conver- fed on the fubject , and who were at the fame time qua- lified to form an eftimate of his mental powers , his ...
... himself admits that Cullen's character was far from perfect ; and , in the opinion of moft other men with whom we have conver- fed on the fubject , and who were at the fame time qua- lified to form an eftimate of his mental powers , his ...
Page 481
... himself into a ferment as the infamous affaffin of Henry IV . of defpair , produced by mifery , by the fear of the pu nifhment his robberies deferve , and by feditious dif courses . Agitated more and more by the contradic- tory ...
... himself into a ferment as the infamous affaffin of Henry IV . of defpair , produced by mifery , by the fear of the pu nifhment his robberies deferve , and by feditious dif courses . Agitated more and more by the contradic- tory ...
Page 700
... himself stands high in the republic of letters , we are affured that he had improved his memory to fuch a de- gree , that , in little more than an hour , he could get by heart any fermon of ordinary length ; though far from availing himself ...
... himself stands high in the republic of letters , we are affured that he had improved his memory to fuch a de- gree , that , in little more than an hour , he could get by heart any fermon of ordinary length ; though far from availing himself ...
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