The ExaminerJohn Hunt, 1825 - English literature |
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... FACT . " There are more things in heaven and earth , Horatio , " Than are dreamt of in your philosophy . ” — SHAKSPEARE . is certainly not so ; and the supposition is founded on an ignorance of the nature of the human mind , and the ...
... FACT . " There are more things in heaven and earth , Horatio , " Than are dreamt of in your philosophy . ” — SHAKSPEARE . is certainly not so ; and the supposition is founded on an ignorance of the nature of the human mind , and the ...
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... fact is as solid as ever ; but they who do not see the reality of the other , keep but a blind and prone beating upon their own surface . To drop the metaphor , Matter - of - fact is our per- ception of the grosser and more external ...
... fact is as solid as ever ; but they who do not see the reality of the other , keep but a blind and prone beating upon their own surface . To drop the metaphor , Matter - of - fact is our per- ception of the grosser and more external ...
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... fact that is not misrepresented in it , no quotation that is not garbled , no character that is not slandered , if it can answer the purposes of a party to do so . " This is no child's play ; but allowing for a little internal indig ...
... fact that is not misrepresented in it , no quotation that is not garbled , no character that is not slandered , if it can answer the purposes of a party to do so . " This is no child's play ; but allowing for a little internal indig ...
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... fact is admitted , that the illicit distillation raises the price the engine already constructed by Mr. Brown , the mercury gage stood at of barley , and very much increases the landlord's rents - hence the from 24 to 26 inches - thus ...
... fact is admitted , that the illicit distillation raises the price the engine already constructed by Mr. Brown , the mercury gage stood at of barley , and very much increases the landlord's rents - hence the from 24 to 26 inches - thus ...
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... fact , if there were the means of proving it , was one which would go materially to mitigate the damages . Thirdly , that the plaintiff had not exercised a reasonable caution in the control of his wife , but had exposed her needlessly ...
... fact , if there were the means of proving it , was one which would go materially to mitigate the damages . Thirdly , that the plaintiff had not exercised a reasonable caution in the control of his wife , but had exposed her needlessly ...
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