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... knowledge pre- viously existing in the minds of the auditors , it works out its object and intent , by placing facts together in such a manner as to produce all the force of argument combined with the interest which lively description ...
... knowledge pre- viously existing in the minds of the auditors , it works out its object and intent , by placing facts together in such a manner as to produce all the force of argument combined with the interest which lively description ...
Page 56
... knowledge of the sure events of things , Even from the rise of subjects into kings , And falls of kings to subjects , hold a power Of strength to work it , I can make it good . And tell him this too : if in midst of 56 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... knowledge of the sure events of things , Even from the rise of subjects into kings , And falls of kings to subjects , hold a power Of strength to work it , I can make it good . And tell him this too : if in midst of 56 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
Page 79
... knowledge , to take the lead of the ablest of those who are merely men of the world . There are cer- tain active qualities , to the acquisition of which the habits of a studious life are unfavourable , the want of which renders his ...
... knowledge , to take the lead of the ablest of those who are merely men of the world . There are cer- tain active qualities , to the acquisition of which the habits of a studious life are unfavourable , the want of which renders his ...
Page 80
... , but I cannot help adding , that there is often a defect in that very department in which they might be supposed to excel , in their scientific knowledge , that renders it comparatively of little real utility 80 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... , but I cannot help adding , that there is often a defect in that very department in which they might be supposed to excel , in their scientific knowledge , that renders it comparatively of little real utility 80 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
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... knowledge , and the credit it would give them with those around them . It is too much the characteristic of the general scholar , that he never has his knowledge ready to produce on sudden emergencies ; satisfied with obtaining the ...
... knowledge , and the credit it would give them with those around them . It is too much the characteristic of the general scholar , that he never has his knowledge ready to produce on sudden emergencies ; satisfied with obtaining the ...
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