Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorE. Wilson, 1831 - 471 strán (strany) |
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... present publication will not fail to offer itself to the most superficial reader . I know many men who are misanthropes , and profess to look down with disdain on their species . My creed is of an opposite character . All \ that we ...
... present publication will not fail to offer itself to the most superficial reader . I know many men who are misanthropes , and profess to look down with disdain on their species . My creed is of an opposite character . All \ that we ...
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... present where two men of superior endowments endeavoured to enter into a calculation on the subject ; and they agreed that there was not above one boy in a hundred , 16 OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS . [ ESSAY Of the Distribution of ...
... present where two men of superior endowments endeavoured to enter into a calculation on the subject ; and they agreed that there was not above one boy in a hundred , 16 OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS . [ ESSAY Of the Distribution of ...
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... present professor of music in the university of Oxford contrived for himself , I believe at three years old , a way for playing on an instrument , the piano forte , unprompted by any of 11. ] 29 OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS .
... present professor of music in the university of Oxford contrived for himself , I believe at three years old , a way for playing on an instrument , the piano forte , unprompted by any of 11. ] 29 OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS .
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... present Essay , that , putting idiots and extra- ordinary cases out of the question , every human creature is endowed with talents , which , if rightly directed , would shew him to be apt , adroit , intelligent and acute , in the walk ...
... present Essay , that , putting idiots and extra- ordinary cases out of the question , every human creature is endowed with talents , which , if rightly directed , would shew him to be apt , adroit , intelligent and acute , in the walk ...
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... present to a wondering world a consummate musician , painter , poet , or philoso- pher ; for even blind chance may sometimes hit the mark , as truly as the most perfect skill . But he will probably fail . Sudet multum , frustraque ...
... present to a wondering world a consummate musician , painter , poet , or philoso- pher ; for even blind chance may sometimes hit the mark , as truly as the most perfect skill . But he will probably fail . Sudet multum , frustraque ...
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