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This retort had all the effect , and produced the same surprise as the most brilliant
display of wit or fancy : yet it was only the detecting a flaw in an argument , like a
flaw in an indictment , by a kind of legal pertinacity , or rather by a rigid ...
This retort had all the effect , and produced the same surprise as the most brilliant
display of wit or fancy : yet it was only the detecting a flaw in an argument , like a
flaw in an indictment , by a kind of legal pertinacity , or rather by a rigid ...
Сторінка 79
... wound round language , that is a kind of veil over its natural features ; and
custom puts on the mask of ignorance . But this veil , this mask the author of The
Diversions of Purley threw aside , and penetrated to the naked truth of things by
the ...
... wound round language , that is a kind of veil over its natural features ; and
custom puts on the mask of ignorance . But this veil , this mask the author of The
Diversions of Purley threw aside , and penetrated to the naked truth of things by
the ...
Сторінка 254
In fact , he cannot bear success of any kind , not even of his own views or party ;
and if any principle were likely to become popular , would turn round against it ,
to show his power in shouldering it on one side . In short , wherever power is ...
In fact , he cannot bear success of any kind , not even of his own views or party ;
and if any principle were likely to become popular , would turn round against it ,
to show his power in shouldering it on one side . In short , wherever power is ...
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