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Pagina 56
... happens that the generality of readers fly from the scholar to the compiler , who offers them a more safe and speedy conveyance . 1 The first edition adds : " The absurd passion of being deemed profound has done more injury to all kinds ...
... happens that the generality of readers fly from the scholar to the compiler , who offers them a more safe and speedy conveyance . 1 The first edition adds : " The absurd passion of being deemed profound has done more injury to all kinds ...
Pagina 237
... happens fer it obser som יי J 237 y med discontented with hought I to myself . enlighten the wor prejudices of even th ed a e + partic upon each ou rank of subordinate n least not to avow dislike . ust of these reflections , I perceived ...
... happens fer it obser som יי J 237 y med discontented with hought I to myself . enlighten the wor prejudices of even th ed a e + partic upon each ou rank of subordinate n least not to avow dislike . ust of these reflections , I perceived ...
Pagina 256
... happens to say a sprightly thing is generally applauded so much that he happens to continue a coxcomb sometimes all his life after . He is reputed a wit at fourteen , and becomes a blockhead at twenty . Nurses , footmen , and such ...
... happens to say a sprightly thing is generally applauded so much that he happens to continue a coxcomb sometimes all his life after . He is reputed a wit at fourteen , and becomes a blockhead at twenty . Nurses , footmen , and such ...
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CHAPTER | 3 |
III | 21 |
Of the present state of polite learning in Italy | 27 |
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