The Athenaeum: A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous Information ..., Volume 3John Aikin Longmans, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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... natural causes , without any adventitious aid . The young of many animals are dropt into the midst of all they ... nature , were not the extent of their enjoyments as limited as their procurement is easy . The young of the more ...
... natural causes , without any adventitious aid . The young of many animals are dropt into the midst of all they ... nature , were not the extent of their enjoyments as limited as their procurement is easy . The young of the more ...
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... nature seems chiefly to rely upon that principle of imitation which she has implanted in the young of all animals , and which prompts them to make attempts at doing all they see done , till by repeated trials they attain the power of ...
... nature seems chiefly to rely upon that principle of imitation which she has implanted in the young of all animals , and which prompts them to make attempts at doing all they see done , till by repeated trials they attain the power of ...
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... nature , next to the essential requisite of a well - furnished mind , the habit of holding free and mixed conversation must be the most effica- cious aid . But where is this advantage to be obtained ? Certainly not within the walls of a ...
... nature , next to the essential requisite of a well - furnished mind , the habit of holding free and mixed conversation must be the most effica- cious aid . But where is this advantage to be obtained ? Certainly not within the walls of a ...
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... nature ; such are vulgarity , ignorance , aukward manners , singularities , and the like . In these cases it is not the object of wise parents to make the children similar to them- selves , and therefore the imitative principle must ...
... nature ; such are vulgarity , ignorance , aukward manners , singularities , and the like . In these cases it is not the object of wise parents to make the children similar to them- selves , and therefore the imitative principle must ...
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... nature ; but to the second and amended edition he prefixed the too modest denomination , essays . There are many admirable dissertations among the Tracts of Thomas Cooper , of Manchester . Sayers's Disquisitions offer models of attic ...
... nature ; but to the second and amended edition he prefixed the too modest denomination , essays . There are many admirable dissertations among the Tracts of Thomas Cooper , of Manchester . Sayers's Disquisitions offer models of attic ...
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