The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, 41. köideR. Griffiths, 1769 |
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... fhall prefent him with nothing but what he may have had within his view before . I pretend only to remind him of things that may have flipped his memory , or point out to him objects that may have efcaped his notice if I fhall offer him ...
... fhall prefent him with nothing but what he may have had within his view before . I pretend only to remind him of things that may have flipped his memory , or point out to him objects that may have efcaped his notice if I fhall offer him ...
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... fhall appear reasonable in the judgment of the hearer . ' If we object to any thing in this account , it must be to the low opinion which the Author hath expreffed of himself and his work . His talents are far above mediocrity : he must ...
... fhall appear reasonable in the judgment of the hearer . ' If we object to any thing in this account , it must be to the low opinion which the Author hath expreffed of himself and his work . His talents are far above mediocrity : he must ...
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... fhall need great indulgence with respect to the manner of my performance ; wherein I fear will be found a degree of wild- nefs and deviation from the ordinary rules of compofition . I was the lefs fcrupulous in adhering to them during ...
... fhall need great indulgence with respect to the manner of my performance ; wherein I fear will be found a degree of wild- nefs and deviation from the ordinary rules of compofition . I was the lefs fcrupulous in adhering to them during ...
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... fhall be led to conclude that no one individual thing can act imme- diately and directly upon itself , or without fome inftrument or medium intervening between the power exerted and the effect produced thereby . Left this abftruse ...
... fhall be led to conclude that no one individual thing can act imme- diately and directly upon itself , or without fome inftrument or medium intervening between the power exerted and the effect produced thereby . Left this abftruse ...
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... fhall be perfuaded that the mind ufes a medium by whofe mi- niftry it obtains what it wants . Both in fenfation , and reflection of our own procuring , the mind acts upon the medium , and that again acts upon the mind : for as in ...
... fhall be perfuaded that the mind ufes a medium by whofe mi- niftry it obtains what it wants . Both in fenfation , and reflection of our own procuring , the mind acts upon the medium , and that again acts upon the mind : for as in ...
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