The Rambler, Volume 5Payne, 1752 |
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... last confequence . It may be remarked with equal truth , ' that ignorance is often the effect of wonder . It is common for those who have never ac- cuftom- VOL . V. B customed themselves to the labour of enquiry , nor invigorated.
... last confequence . It may be remarked with equal truth , ' that ignorance is often the effect of wonder . It is common for those who have never ac- cuftom- VOL . V. B customed themselves to the labour of enquiry , nor invigorated.
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... themselves with the gaze of igno- . rance , and forbearing to attempt what they have no hopes of performing , refign the plea- fure of rational contemplation to more perti- nacious ftudy or more active faculties . AMONG the productions ...
... themselves with the gaze of igno- . rance , and forbearing to attempt what they have no hopes of performing , refign the plea- fure of rational contemplation to more perti- nacious ftudy or more active faculties . AMONG the productions ...
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... themselves victory , are least willing to hazard the encounter . This diffidence , where the attention is not laid afleep by lazi- nefs or diffipated by pleafures , can arife only from confufed and general views fuch as negligence ...
... themselves victory , are least willing to hazard the encounter . This diffidence , where the attention is not laid afleep by lazi- nefs or diffipated by pleafures , can arife only from confufed and general views fuch as negligence ...
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... their acquaintance with past ages and remote events . NOTHING has fo much expofed Men of learning to contempt and ridicule , as their ig- B 3 norance 1 norance of things which are known to all but themselves N ° 137. The RAMBLER . 5.
... their acquaintance with past ages and remote events . NOTHING has fo much expofed Men of learning to contempt and ridicule , as their ig- B 3 norance 1 norance of things which are known to all but themselves N ° 137. The RAMBLER . 5.
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Samuel Johnson. norance of things which are known to all but themselves , and their inability to conduct common negotiations , or extricate their af- fairs from trivial perplexities . Those who have been taught to confider the ...
Samuel Johnson. norance of things which are known to all but themselves , and their inability to conduct common negotiations , or extricate their af- fairs from trivial perplexities . Those who have been taught to confider the ...
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