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Pagina 8
... afforded Lambert an opportunity of making further progress in the belles lettres , as well as in philosophy and the mathematics ; and his passionate love of the latter science frequently made him neglect his regular occupations .
... afforded Lambert an opportunity of making further progress in the belles lettres , as well as in philosophy and the mathematics ; and his passionate love of the latter science frequently made him neglect his regular occupations .
Pagina 9
... in frequently mixing with low companics , in joining in their political disputes and laughing aloud at their coarse witticisms . But these defects were amply overbalanced by a most excellent heart and uncommon mental perfections .
... in frequently mixing with low companics , in joining in their political disputes and laughing aloud at their coarse witticisms . But these defects were amply overbalanced by a most excellent heart and uncommon mental perfections .
Pagina 10
A glowing devotion which frequently rose to a kind of pious rapture , a lively sense of his dependence upon God , and of the imperfection of our knowledge of the Supreme Being , animated him from his earliest youth to his grave ...
A glowing devotion which frequently rose to a kind of pious rapture , a lively sense of his dependence upon God , and of the imperfection of our knowledge of the Supreme Being , animated him from his earliest youth to his grave ...
Pagina 25
If Irony be employed , which is frequently the case , a sarcastic look , and such action and intonation as may tend to excite ridicule and contempt , must be assumed by the speaker . But great caution should be used in the exercise of ...
If Irony be employed , which is frequently the case , a sarcastic look , and such action and intonation as may tend to excite ridicule and contempt , must be assumed by the speaker . But great caution should be used in the exercise of ...
Pagina 33
... now pursue the flying whale into the great South Sca , frequently doubling Cape Horn , and sometimes ascending the north west coast of America , till they nearly encompass the globe , in voyages of two or three years duration .
... now pursue the flying whale into the great South Sca , frequently doubling Cape Horn , and sometimes ascending the north west coast of America , till they nearly encompass the globe , in voyages of two or three years duration .
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