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Thus have we epitomized , however inadeqately , this interesting memoir , which was originally published " at Vienna , in the * Mines de l'Orient ; " a work conducted by the learned orientalist , Mr. Hammer .
Thus have we epitomized , however inadeqately , this interesting memoir , which was originally published " at Vienna , in the * Mines de l'Orient ; " a work conducted by the learned orientalist , Mr. Hammer .
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What seraps and fragments have been seen , serve only by their variety and ambiguity to raise disputes among the learned , which are so much more difficult to clear up , as they propose rather their own conjectures , than afford any ...
What seraps and fragments have been seen , serve only by their variety and ambiguity to raise disputes among the learned , which are so much more difficult to clear up , as they propose rather their own conjectures , than afford any ...
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What signifies then all these vain disputes of the learned , which clear up nothing , but leave things as they find them ; and to uphold the argument , that the deluge was not universal , is idle and ridiculous ; it is bringing proofs ...
What signifies then all these vain disputes of the learned , which clear up nothing , but leave things as they find them ; and to uphold the argument , that the deluge was not universal , is idle and ridiculous ; it is bringing proofs ...
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... if only for these three young girls . ANECDOTES . Frederick the Great was extremely fond of making the im . mortality of the soul a topic of discourse , and generally adverted to it , when learned men , whose opinions and "
... if only for these three young girls . ANECDOTES . Frederick the Great was extremely fond of making the im . mortality of the soul a topic of discourse , and generally adverted to it , when learned men , whose opinions and "
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verted to it , when learned men , whose opinions and princi . ples he was inclined to sound , were presented to him . It was seldom , however , that he allowed any one to differ from him on that point , and it was still more dangerous ...
verted to it , when learned men , whose opinions and princi . ples he was inclined to sound , were presented to him . It was seldom , however , that he allowed any one to differ from him on that point , and it was still more dangerous ...
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