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Pagina 79
... and raw recruits , total strangers of course , to naval tactics , and to every point
of seamanship . A great mistake was , no doubt , committed in 1783 , by those
who adjusted the boundaries between British and Independent America , in
giving ...
... and raw recruits , total strangers of course , to naval tactics , and to every point
of seamanship . A great mistake was , no doubt , committed in 1783 , by those
who adjusted the boundaries between British and Independent America , in
giving ...
Pagina 92
When yours came to hand I had thoughts of preaching , but ye longer I lived , and
ye more experience I had of that order of men , and of ye real design of their
institution , ye more objections I found in my own mind to that course of life .
When yours came to hand I had thoughts of preaching , but ye longer I lived , and
ye more experience I had of that order of men , and of ye real design of their
institution , ye more objections I found in my own mind to that course of life .
Pagina 95
No art exists which has not been developed by degrees , and all are perfected
only in the course of time . One man adds to the labours of another ; one age
increases the brilliancy of those lights which illuminated its predecessor , and
thus , by ...
No art exists which has not been developed by degrees , and all are perfected
only in the course of time . One man adds to the labours of another ; one age
increases the brilliancy of those lights which illuminated its predecessor , and
thus , by ...
Pagina 96
... and thus , by writing and perpetuating their efforts , generations have made
amends for the feebleness of nature , and man , who has but a ' momentary
existence has prolonged his knowledge and labours through a course of ages .
... and thus , by writing and perpetuating their efforts , generations have made
amends for the feebleness of nature , and man , who has but a ' momentary
existence has prolonged his knowledge and labours through a course of ages .
Pagina 108
... if he selected for it the course on which he could outrun all his competitors .
Victory was the constant object of his pursuit , even in the friendly contests of
domestic intercourse and familiar conversation , and he rarely failed to acquire it ,
either ...
... if he selected for it the course on which he could outrun all his competitors .
Victory was the constant object of his pursuit , even in the friendly contests of
domestic intercourse and familiar conversation , and he rarely failed to acquire it ,
either ...
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