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... ment abounds in fine , original , and just observation ; it contains the germs of most of his after - writings , and must be highly esteemed , if we look away from its dispropor- tion to its subject and the writer's disregard of method ...
... ment abounds in fine , original , and just observation ; it contains the germs of most of his after - writings , and must be highly esteemed , if we look away from its dispropor- tion to its subject and the writer's disregard of method ...
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... ment of his own subtilty and vigor of mind . Criticisms of B.'s writings will be found in the Edinburgh Review , by Sir Samuel Romilly ; and in the Ethical Dissertation ( En- cyclopædia Britannica , 7th and 8th eds . ) , by Sir James ...
... ment of his own subtilty and vigor of mind . Criticisms of B.'s writings will be found in the Edinburgh Review , by Sir Samuel Romilly ; and in the Ethical Dissertation ( En- cyclopædia Britannica , 7th and 8th eds . ) , by Sir James ...
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... ments , and through the same influence became librarian of the King's Library at St. James's . In 1690 , he published his Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris , which estab lished his reputation throughout Europe , and may be said ...
... ments , and through the same influence became librarian of the King's Library at St. James's . In 1690 , he published his Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris , which estab lished his reputation throughout Europe , and may be said ...
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... ment of congress in 1849 took the stump in Missouri and canvassed the whole state , his speeches becoming famous for their bitterness and sarcasm , as well as the earnestnest- ness and force of the arguments on his side of the question ...
... ment of congress in 1849 took the stump in Missouri and canvassed the whole state , his speeches becoming famous for their bitterness and sarcasm , as well as the earnestnest- ness and force of the arguments on his side of the question ...
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... MENT , n . the act of bequeathing ; the state of being bequeathed ; that which is bequeathed ; a legacy . See WILL : LEGACY : DISPOSITION ( Mortis causá ) : ŠETTLE- MENT : REAL : PERSONALTY . - SYN . of bequeath ' : to devise ; demise ...
... MENT , n . the act of bequeathing ; the state of being bequeathed ; that which is bequeathed ; a legacy . See WILL : LEGACY : DISPOSITION ( Mortis causá ) : ŠETTLE- MENT : REAL : PERSONALTY . - SYN . of bequeath ' : to devise ; demise ...
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