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The conduct of the understanding. To which is prefixed, a sketch of the life ... - Page 9
by John Locke - 1812
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The conduct of the understanding

John Locke - 1801 - 168 pages
...of men, they read but one sort of books, they will not come in hearing but of one sort of notions; the truth is, they canton out to themselves a little...darkness, and so avoid coming near" it. They have a pretty traffick with* known correspondents in some little creek, within that they confine themselves, and...
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The Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Intellect - 1802 - 184 pages
...men, they read hut one sort of hooks, they will not come in the hearing hut of one sort of notions ; the truth is, they canton out to themselves a little...world, where light shines, and, as they conclude, day hlesses them ; hut the rest of that vast expansum they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid...
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Philosophical beauties selected from the works of John Locke

John Locke - 1802 - 308 pages
...they read but one sort of ' boolfs, they will not come in the hearing but of one *)rt -of notions ; the truth is, they canton out to . themselves a little Goshen in tho intellectual world, where light shines, and, as they conclude, day blesses them ; but the rest...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 2

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 508 pages
...men, they read but one sort of books, they will not come in the hearing but of one sort of notions: the truth is they canton out to themselves a little Goshen, in the intellectual world, Avhere light shines, and as they conclude, day blesses them ; but the rest of that vast expansum they...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 2

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1813 - 448 pages
...men, they lead but one s >rt ol books, they will not come in the hearing but of one sori of notions ; the truth is they canton out to themselves a little...conclude, day blesses them ; but the rest of that vast exfiansum they give up to nitiht and darkness, and so avoid coming near k. Th. y have a pretty traffic...
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The Works of John Locke, Volume 3

John Locke - Philosophy - 1823 - 404 pages
...men, they read but one sort of books, they will not come in the hearing but of one sort of notions : the truth is, they canton out to themselves a little...conclude, day blesses them ; but the rest of that vast expansura they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid coming near it. They have a pretty traffic...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 16

Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...men, they read but one sort of books, they will not come in the hearing but of one sort of notions ; the truth is, they canton out to themselves "a little...where light shines, and as they conclude, day blesses ; but the rest of that vast expansum they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid coming near it....
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: With the Author's Last Additions ...

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1828 - 602 pages
...men, they read but one sort of books, they will not come in the hearing but of one sort of notions ; the truth is, they canton out to themselves a little...light shines, and, as they conclude, day blesses them ; \mt the rest of that vast expansum they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid coming near it....
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The Mussulman, Volume 3

Richard Robert Madden - Irish fiction - 1830 - 354 pages
...they read but one sort of books — they will not come within the hearing of but one sort of notions ; the truth is, they canton out to themselves a little...as they conclude, day blesses them; but the rest of the vast expansion they give up to night and darkness, and so avoid coming near it.' " I had a great...
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The Mussulman, Volume 2

Richard Robert Madden - Muslims - 1830 - 264 pages
...they read but one sort of books — they'will not come within the hearing of but one sort of notions; the truth is, they canton out to themselves a little...as they conclude, day blesses them, but the rest of the vast expansion they give up to night and •darkness, and so avoid coming near it.' " I had a great...
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