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For , to say truth , whatever is very good sense , must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call learning is but the knowledge of the sense of our predecessors . Therefore they who say our thoughts are not our own ...
For , to say truth , whatever is very good sense , must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call learning is but the knowledge of the sense of our predecessors . Therefore they who say our thoughts are not our own ...
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2 ' Tis hard to say , if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But , of the two , less dang'rous is the offence To tire our patience , than mislead our sense . Some few in that , but numbers err is this ...
2 ' Tis hard to say , if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But , of the two , less dang'rous is the offence To tire our patience , than mislead our sense . Some few in that , but numbers err is this ...
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1 > Be silent always when you doubt your sense ; And speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence : Some positive , persisting fops we know , Who , if once wrong , will needs be always so ; But you , with pleasure , own your errors ...
1 > Be silent always when you doubt your sense ; And speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence : Some positive , persisting fops we know , Who , if once wrong , will needs be always so ; But you , with pleasure , own your errors ...
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CONTENTS | 8 |
PREFATORY MEMOIR | 18 |
ESSAY ON CRITICISM | 40 |
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