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Side 3
Different persons would however require different points to be developed . The disciples of Montesquieu would ask to be acquainted with the region of his birth . Whether he first drew his breath under the tropics or at the poles ...
Different persons would however require different points to be developed . The disciples of Montesquieu would ask to be acquainted with the region of his birth . Whether he first drew his breath under the tropics or at the poles ...
Side 11
Whenever he happened to speak in company of metaphysical or mathematical subjects , he took not the slightest notice of surrounding persons ; and his discourses were real dissertations in which not the least chasm could be discovered ...
Whenever he happened to speak in company of metaphysical or mathematical subjects , he took not the slightest notice of surrounding persons ; and his discourses were real dissertations in which not the least chasm could be discovered ...
Side 38
The only person that was ever executed on the island was an indian , who had committed murder upon the high seas ; and corporal punishment ( once so freely dispensed in Newengland , and not unknown even in the best days of Pennsylvania ) ...
The only person that was ever executed on the island was an indian , who had committed murder upon the high seas ; and corporal punishment ( once so freely dispensed in Newengland , and not unknown even in the best days of Pennsylvania ) ...
Side 40
... and of the two persons who first risked the innovation , one was persuaded to renounce the unbecoming indulgence , and the other only retained it in consideration of delicate health , and on condition of lending it to others in the ...
... and of the two persons who first risked the innovation , one was persuaded to renounce the unbecoming indulgence , and the other only retained it in consideration of delicate health , and on condition of lending it to others in the ...
Side 41
Persons of note are saluted by every body they meet ; and the popular name of captain is often bestowed on respectable people , who never followed the sea , and perpetuated , as a creditrbie title , like that of squire on the continent ...
Persons of note are saluted by every body they meet ; and the popular name of captain is often bestowed on respectable people , who never followed the sea , and perpetuated , as a creditrbie title , like that of squire on the continent ...
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