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... mind . It is to be remarked , that many words written alike are differently pronounced , as flow and brow : which may be thus registered , flow , woe : brow , now ; or of which the exemplification may be generally given by a distich ...
... mind . It is to be remarked , that many words written alike are differently pronounced , as flow and brow : which may be thus registered , flow , woe : brow , now ; or of which the exemplification may be generally given by a distich ...
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... the notion unsettled and indefinite , and various in various minds , the words by which such notions are conveyed , or such things denoted , will be am- biguous and perplexed . And such is the fate of ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 45.
... the notion unsettled and indefinite , and various in various minds , the words by which such notions are conveyed , or such things denoted , will be am- biguous and perplexed . And such is the fate of ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 45.
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... mind easily perceives it when they are exhibited to- gether ; and sometimes there is such a confusion of acceptations , that discernment is wearied and distinc- tion puzzled , and perseverance herself hurries to an end , by crowding ...
... mind easily perceives it when they are exhibited to- gether ; and sometimes there is such a confusion of acceptations , that discernment is wearied and distinc- tion puzzled , and perseverance herself hurries to an end , by crowding ...
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... , or the same happiness : things equally easy in themselves , are not all equally easy to any single mind . Every writer of a long work VOL . X. E commits errors , where there appears neither ambi- guity to ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 49.
... , or the same happiness : things equally easy in themselves , are not all equally easy to any single mind . Every writer of a long work VOL . X. E commits errors , where there appears neither ambi- guity to ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 49.
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... mind utterly unequal to the whole performance . But many seeming faults are to be imputed rather to the nature of the undertaking , than the negli- gence of the performer . Thus some explanations are unavoidably reciprocal or circular ...
... mind utterly unequal to the whole performance . But many seeming faults are to be imputed rather to the nature of the undertaking , than the negli- gence of the performer . Thus some explanations are unavoidably reciprocal or circular ...
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