Theeophrasti Characteres: with notes by J.G. Sheppard1852 |
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... assisted , I felt myself enabled to proceed ; and though in many cases I have ventured to differ from Hottinger's views , and should perhaps differ still more were I to - rewrite the work , I am anxious to express my PREFACE . xi.
... assisted , I felt myself enabled to proceed ; and though in many cases I have ventured to differ from Hottinger's views , and should perhaps differ still more were I to - rewrite the work , I am anxious to express my PREFACE . xi.
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... perhaps to apologise for having made the attempt . It was certainly one of consider- able difficulty ; nor can I venture to hope that , with my very limited powers of psychological criticism , it is altogether successful . But inasmuch ...
... perhaps to apologise for having made the attempt . It was certainly one of consider- able difficulty ; nor can I venture to hope that , with my very limited powers of psychological criticism , it is altogether successful . But inasmuch ...
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... perhaps prove useful to those unacquainted with scientific grammar . Indeed , it would not have been published had it not already been subjected to the test of practice , and had it not received the sanction and approbation of scho ...
... perhaps prove useful to those unacquainted with scientific grammar . Indeed , it would not have been published had it not already been subjected to the test of practice , and had it not received the sanction and approbation of scho ...
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... perhaps con- tribute to a more just appreciation , and profitable perusal of the work ; and though it be impossible to obtain a full solution of every difficulty which may arise , still it is hoped that the conclusions at which we ...
... perhaps con- tribute to a more just appreciation , and profitable perusal of the work ; and though it be impossible to obtain a full solution of every difficulty which may arise , still it is hoped that the conclusions at which we ...
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... perhaps as a sort of school - book , and con- sequently suppressing much , and altering a little , of the text of its original . All these are mere hypotheses . Yet they may contain some admixture of truth ; and without adopting the ...
... perhaps as a sort of school - book , and con- sequently suppressing much , and altering a little , of the text of its original . All these are mere hypotheses . Yet they may contain some admixture of truth ; and without adopting the ...
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