The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, 41. köideR. Griffiths, 1769 |
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... perhaps the teftimony of his own favourite , Voltaire , who , when it was obferved that Metaftafio had borrowed fome paffages from his writings , replied , Ah ! le cher voleur ! il m'a bien embelli . Ah ! the dear thief , how much has ...
... perhaps the teftimony of his own favourite , Voltaire , who , when it was obferved that Metaftafio had borrowed fome paffages from his writings , replied , Ah ! le cher voleur ! il m'a bien embelli . Ah ! the dear thief , how much has ...
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... perhaps I fhall be put in mind that I have before fup- pofed two fubftances neceffarily concurring in every action ; - and thereupon afked whether I conceive ideas to be fubftances ? To which I anfwer , No : but as fuch anfwer will feem ...
... perhaps I fhall be put in mind that I have before fup- pofed two fubftances neceffarily concurring in every action ; - and thereupon afked whether I conceive ideas to be fubftances ? To which I anfwer , No : but as fuch anfwer will feem ...
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... Perhaps this allotment of the boundaries between the two faculties may be thought arbitrary , and not warranted by any lawful authority ; but I do not apprehend authority has yet in- terfered in the cafe : for though we often ...
... Perhaps this allotment of the boundaries between the two faculties may be thought arbitrary , and not warranted by any lawful authority ; but I do not apprehend authority has yet in- terfered in the cafe : for though we often ...
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... perhaps the latter bearing a greater share than the former . We never enter upon an undertaking without fome purpose starting up in our thoughts , or recommended by the prefent occafion as expedient or agreeable ; we choose the mea ...
... perhaps the latter bearing a greater share than the former . We never enter upon an undertaking without fome purpose starting up in our thoughts , or recommended by the prefent occafion as expedient or agreeable ; we choose the mea ...
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... perhaps fhould have enfued , had it been at his option to have helped them . The like happens on other exer- cifes of our activity , which propagate a motion to the several parts of our body correfponding refpectively with the organs ...
... perhaps fhould have enfued , had it been at his option to have helped them . The like happens on other exer- cifes of our activity , which propagate a motion to the several parts of our body correfponding refpectively with the organs ...
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