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Pagina 131
... beginning to talk upon the subject proposed , he blunts the edge of curiosity by superfluous divisions ; and the time which should be employed in argument , is wasted in adjusting preliminaries.3 The truth is , Montaigne was , during ...
... beginning to talk upon the subject proposed , he blunts the edge of curiosity by superfluous divisions ; and the time which should be employed in argument , is wasted in adjusting preliminaries.3 The truth is , Montaigne was , during ...
Pagina 288
... beginning ; and if they have been always found by experi- ence to injure it ; I may be permitted to call criticism , the natural decay of politeness . A decay which may be deplored , but cannot be 5 prevented , since it encreases as the ...
... beginning ; and if they have been always found by experi- ence to injure it ; I may be permitted to call criticism , the natural decay of politeness . A decay which may be deplored , but cannot be 5 prevented , since it encreases as the ...
Pagina 290
... beginning . To attempt the amendment of Italy or Germany , would be only like the application of remedies to a part mortified , but here , still there is life , and there is hope . 1-2 turn mere . . . These add ] 59 ; thus turn book ...
... beginning . To attempt the amendment of Italy or Germany , would be only like the application of remedies to a part mortified , but here , still there is life , and there is hope . 1-2 turn mere . . . These add ] 59 ; thus turn book ...
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