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His reputation lies at the circumference ; and the lights of his understanding are
reflected , with increasing lustre , on the other side of the globe . His name is little
known in England , better in Europe , best of all in the plains of Chili and the ...
His reputation lies at the circumference ; and the lights of his understanding are
reflected , with increasing lustre , on the other side of the globe . His name is little
known in England , better in Europe , best of all in the plains of Chili and the ...
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Perhaps the weak side of his conclusions also is , that he has carried this single
view of his subject too far , and not made sufficient allowance for the varieties of
human nature , and the caprices and irregularities of the human will . “ He has not
...
Perhaps the weak side of his conclusions also is , that he has carried this single
view of his subject too far , and not made sufficient allowance for the varieties of
human nature , and the caprices and irregularities of the human will . “ He has not
...
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Could our imagination take wing ( with our speculative faculties ) to the other side
of the globe or to the ends of the universe , could our eyes behold whatever our
reason teaches us to be possible , could our hands reach as far as our thoughts ...
Could our imagination take wing ( with our speculative faculties ) to the other side
of the globe or to the ends of the universe , could our eyes behold whatever our
reason teaches us to be possible , could our hands reach as far as our thoughts ...
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Or the rattle - snake that he found by his side as a bedfellow ? Or his rolling
himself into a ball to escape from him ? Or his suddenly placing himself against a
tree to avoid being trampled to death by the herd of wild buffaloes , that came
rushing ...
Or the rattle - snake that he found by his side as a bedfellow ? Or his rolling
himself into a ball to escape from him ? Or his suddenly placing himself against a
tree to avoid being trampled to death by the herd of wild buffaloes , that came
rushing ...
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He who has seen å mouldering tower by the side of a chrystal lake , hid by the
mist , but glittering in the wave below , may conceive the dim , gleaming ,
uncertain intelligence of his eye : he who has marked the evening clouds
uprolled ( a ...
He who has seen å mouldering tower by the side of a chrystal lake , hid by the
mist , but glittering in the wave below , may conceive the dim , gleaming ,
uncertain intelligence of his eye : he who has marked the evening clouds
uprolled ( a ...
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