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...dull and tirefome uniformity. But above all, whatever be the fubject upon which we write, we mould take care to avoid the affectation of giving numbers...Shaftefbury much worfe than it would have been otherwife "f, but of which, after all, we may fay, as an antient painter faid of a work of his own, —It is... | |
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...common fubjects, we may avoid a dull and tirefoine uniformity. But above all, whatever be the fubject upon which we write, we fhould take care to avoid...Lord Shaftefbury much worfe than it would have been otherwifef, but of which, after all, we may fay, as an antient painter faid of a work of his own, —... | |
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