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... live the remaining years of his life , a year at a time at the end of the next six or eight centuries , to see the effect which his writings would by that time have had upon the world . ” Alas ! his name will hardly live so long !
... live the remaining years of his life , a year at a time at the end of the next six or eight centuries , to see the effect which his writings would by that time have had upon the world . ” Alas ! his name will hardly live so long !
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His writings are , therefore , chiefly valuable as books of reference , as bringing down the account of intellectual inquiry to the present period , and disposing the results in a compendious , connected , and tangible shape ; but books ...
His writings are , therefore , chiefly valuable as books of reference , as bringing down the account of intellectual inquiry to the present period , and disposing the results in a compendious , connected , and tangible shape ; but books ...
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There is a technicality of manner , which renders his writings of more value to the professional inquirer than to the general reader . Again , his style is unpopular , not to say unintelligible . He writes a language of his own ...
There is a technicality of manner , which renders his writings of more value to the professional inquirer than to the general reader . Again , his style is unpopular , not to say unintelligible . He writes a language of his own ...
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Mr. Godwin , in all his writings , dwells upon one idea or exclusive view of a subject , aggrandises a sentiment , exaggerates a character , or pushes an argument to extremes , and makes up by the force of style and continuity of ...
Mr. Godwin , in all his writings , dwells upon one idea or exclusive view of a subject , aggrandises a sentiment , exaggerates a character , or pushes an argument to extremes , and makes up by the force of style and continuity of ...
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Mr. Fawcett ( an old friend and fellow - student of our author , and who always spoke of his writings with admiration , tinctured with wonder ) used to mention a circumstance with respect to the last - mentioned work , which may throw ...
Mr. Fawcett ( an old friend and fellow - student of our author , and who always spoke of his writings with admiration , tinctured with wonder ) used to mention a circumstance with respect to the last - mentioned work , which may throw ...
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