The Journal of a Voyage to LisbonA. Millar, 1755 - 276 páginas |
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... tion of mankind . If the converfation of travellers be fo eagerly fought after as it is , we may believe their books will be ftill more agreeable company , as they will , B will , in general , be more inftructive and more ...
... tion of mankind . If the converfation of travellers be fo eagerly fought after as it is , we may believe their books will be ftill more agreeable company , as they will , B will , in general , be more inftructive and more ...
Página iv
... believe to be of univerfal truth between relator and hear- er , as it is between author and reader ; this is , that the latter never forgive any obfervation of the former which doth not convey fome knowledge that they are fenfible they ...
... believe to be of univerfal truth between relator and hear- er , as it is between author and reader ; this is , that the latter never forgive any obfervation of the former which doth not convey fome knowledge that they are fenfible they ...
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... believe . If it fhould be objected ( and it can no where be objected better than where I now write * , as there is no where more pomp of bigotry ) that whole na- tions have been firm believers in fuch most abfurd fuppofitions ; I reply ...
... believe . If it fhould be objected ( and it can no where be objected better than where I now write * , as there is no where more pomp of bigotry ) that whole na- tions have been firm believers in fuch most abfurd fuppofitions ; I reply ...
Página xi
... , and fometimes , I believe , in the actions of men . There is another fault of a kind directly op- pofite to this , to which thefe writers are B 6 fome- te fometimes liable , when , instead of fill- ing The PREFACE . xi.
... , and fometimes , I believe , in the actions of men . There is another fault of a kind directly op- pofite to this , to which thefe writers are B 6 fome- te fometimes liable , when , instead of fill- ing The PREFACE . xi.
Página xv
... believe , cen- fure it ; but if they fhould , I have the authority of more than one paffage in Horace to alledge in my defence . HAVING thus endeavoured to obviate fome cenfures to which a man , with- out the gift of fore - fight , or ...
... believe , cen- fure it ; but if they fhould , I have the authority of more than one paffage in Horace to alledge in my defence . HAVING thus endeavoured to obviate fome cenfures to which a man , with- out the gift of fore - fight , or ...
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