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... numerous , prove upon examination but few . And as to the point of usefulness , the philosophy we principally received from the Greeks must be acknowl- edged puerile , or rather talkative than generative as being fruitful in ...
... numerous , prove upon examination but few . And as to the point of usefulness , the philosophy we principally received from the Greeks must be acknowl- edged puerile , or rather talkative than generative as being fruitful in ...
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... numerous experiments which lead to further inquiries . And we must not omit to observe that all the industry displayed in experiment has been directed by too indiscreet a zeal at some prejudged effect , seeking those which produced ...
... numerous experiments which lead to further inquiries . And we must not omit to observe that all the industry displayed in experiment has been directed by too indiscreet a zeal at some prejudged effect , seeking those which produced ...
Page 85
... numerous offspring , and who have a pledge in their descendants that their name will be carried down to posterity , should be keenly alive to the welfare of future times , in which their children are to perpetuate their power and empire ...
... numerous offspring , and who have a pledge in their descendants that their name will be carried down to posterity , should be keenly alive to the welfare of future times , in which their children are to perpetuate their power and empire ...
Page 98
... numerous practices , not hitherto brought into arts ; so that nothing may be omitted which has a tendency to inform the understanding . ' 5 And therefore the history of sophistications , or adulterations and frauds practiced in arts and ...
... numerous practices , not hitherto brought into arts ; so that nothing may be omitted which has a tendency to inform the understanding . ' 5 And therefore the history of sophistications , or adulterations and frauds practiced in arts and ...
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... numerous defects ; the greater part of historians writing little more than empty and vulgar narrations , and such as are really a disgrace to history ; while some hastily draw up particular relations and trivial memoirs , some only run ...
... numerous defects ; the greater part of historians writing little more than empty and vulgar narrations , and such as are really a disgrace to history ; while some hastily draw up particular relations and trivial memoirs , some only run ...
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