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... Italian .. 83 His Commencement in writing Themes , at the age of Eleven 83 THEMES : On the advantages of the Study of History ... 85 On the disadvantages of Solitude 86 On the evils and advantages of Emulation .... 88 On Decision 90 ...
... Italian .. 83 His Commencement in writing Themes , at the age of Eleven 83 THEMES : On the advantages of the Study of History ... 85 On the disadvantages of Solitude 86 On the evils and advantages of Emulation .... 88 On Decision 90 ...
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... ITALIAN , under his mother , and read with her Metastasio , Tasso , and some other of the poets -what they read in prose I forget . He never appeared afterwards to be at a loss in trans- lating any thing he met with in the course of his ...
... ITALIAN , under his mother , and read with her Metastasio , Tasso , and some other of the poets -what they read in prose I forget . He never appeared afterwards to be at a loss in trans- lating any thing he met with in the course of his ...
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... Italian sky . Hence it is , that philosophy has always been proposing reme- dies , which mankind have been ready to ap- ↓ plaud , without ever being able to apply them ; and , like the manoeuvres of young soldiers , which , at the ...
... Italian sky . Hence it is , that philosophy has always been proposing reme- dies , which mankind have been ready to ap- ↓ plaud , without ever being able to apply them ; and , like the manoeuvres of young soldiers , which , at the ...
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... Italy and Asia . In these countries , the constitutions then existing were most simple in their first principles ; and may all , with ease , be divided into classes , under one or other of which will naturally fall almost every form of ...
... Italy and Asia . In these countries , the constitutions then existing were most simple in their first principles ; and may all , with ease , be divided into classes , under one or other of which will naturally fall almost every form of ...
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... Italy , to arrive at a similar conclusion . Be this as it may - it does appear , that at a period earlier than any to which very au- thentic history reaches ; Greece , the Grecian settlements in Italy , and ( in a certain sense ) even ...
... Italy , to arrive at a similar conclusion . Be this as it may - it does appear , that at a period earlier than any to which very au- thentic history reaches ; Greece , the Grecian settlements in Italy , and ( in a certain sense ) even ...
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