Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions |
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Page 98
... continued to com- plain for many days successively of pains , now in his joint and now in that of the very fingers which had been cut off . Des Cartes was led by this incident to reflect on the uncertainty with which we attribute any ...
... continued to com- plain for many days successively of pains , now in his joint and now in that of the very fingers which had been cut off . Des Cartes was led by this incident to reflect on the uncertainty with which we attribute any ...
Page 113
... continued incessantly talking Latin , Greek , and Hebrew , in very pompous tones and with most distinct enunciation . This possession was ren- dered more probable by the known fact , that she was or had been an heretic . Voltaire hu ...
... continued incessantly talking Latin , Greek , and Hebrew , in very pompous tones and with most distinct enunciation . This possession was ren- dered more probable by the known fact , that she was or had been an heretic . Voltaire hu ...
Page 177
... continued my friend with a fidelity unconquered by time or even by my own apparent neglect ; a friend from whom I never received an advice that was not wise , or a remonstrance that was not gentle and affectionate . Conscientiously an ...
... continued my friend with a fidelity unconquered by time or even by my own apparent neglect ; a friend from whom I never received an advice that was not wise , or a remonstrance that was not gentle and affectionate . Conscientiously an ...
Page 207
... continued anti- ministerial indeed , yet with a very qualified approbation of the opposition , and with far greater earnestness and zeal both anti - jacobin and anti - gallican . To this hour I cannot find reason to approve of the first ...
... continued anti- ministerial indeed , yet with a very qualified approbation of the opposition , and with far greater earnestness and zeal both anti - jacobin and anti - gallican . To this hour I cannot find reason to approve of the first ...
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