The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Том 97Archibald Constable and Company, 1825 |
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... mind . There is so much pleasure in the ascertainment of fact , and the exclusion of doubt so much contrast and novelty in what we find different from our an- ticipations and so much pleasure in the discovery of what resembles them ...
... mind . There is so much pleasure in the ascertainment of fact , and the exclusion of doubt so much contrast and novelty in what we find different from our an- ticipations and so much pleasure in the discovery of what resembles them ...
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... mind . What , for instance , can be more pleasant than a review of the Poets of Great Britain ? Let us glance at those of the reign of Elizabeth , which has been truly designated as " the reign of poetical genius . " Besides , we shall ...
... mind . What , for instance , can be more pleasant than a review of the Poets of Great Britain ? Let us glance at those of the reign of Elizabeth , which has been truly designated as " the reign of poetical genius . " Besides , we shall ...
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... minds , been associated with the idea of useless and inter- minable drudgery ; and at a period when their previous toil ... mind , while employed in the acquisition of knowledge . We may regard it as an incontrovertible truth , that any ...
... minds , been associated with the idea of useless and inter- minable drudgery ; and at a period when their previous toil ... mind , while employed in the acquisition of knowledge . We may regard it as an incontrovertible truth , that any ...
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... mind with parti- cular instances , and leaves it to form , under the direction of the teacher , general rules for itself . We need scarcely mention , that this is the mode of instruction which nature , when unassisted by art , uniformly ...
... mind with parti- cular instances , and leaves it to form , under the direction of the teacher , general rules for itself . We need scarcely mention , that this is the mode of instruction which nature , when unassisted by art , uniformly ...
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... mind , decidedly the best ; we shall therefore endeavour to give an epitome of it here , making such extracts as will tend to give an idea of the style in which the work is written . In a village on the coast of Wales there lived a man ...
... mind , decidedly the best ; we shall therefore endeavour to give an epitome of it here , making such extracts as will tend to give an idea of the style in which the work is written . In a village on the coast of Wales there lived a man ...
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Сторінка 425 - Accordingly we find, that, in every kingdom, into which money begins to flow in greater abundance than formerly, every thing takes a new face: labour and industry gain life; the merchant becomes more enterprising, the manufacturer more diligent and skilful, and even the farmer follows his plough with greater alacrity and attention.
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