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Page 455
... student by diminishing his labour ; and how far , in others , they have been justly supposed to retard what they were intended to promote . Among these , translations seem entitled to the foremost place ; not only as possessing the most ...
... student by diminishing his labour ; and how far , in others , they have been justly supposed to retard what they were intended to promote . Among these , translations seem entitled to the foremost place ; not only as possessing the most ...
Page 457
... student to read the author , with which it is put into his hands ; but it will not effect the great purpose of such reading ; it will not qualify him to understand other writers in the language . I have , indeed , known translations ...
... student to read the author , with which it is put into his hands ; but it will not effect the great purpose of such reading ; it will not qualify him to understand other writers in the language . I have , indeed , known translations ...
Page 459
... student , which , though they have been sometimes condemned , may , I think , be al- lowed with advantage . To boys , in the reading of many Greek and Latin authors , they are almost indispensibly necessary ; and , if judiciously ...
... student , which , though they have been sometimes condemned , may , I think , be al- lowed with advantage . To boys , in the reading of many Greek and Latin authors , they are almost indispensibly necessary ; and , if judiciously ...
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