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And perhaps the reafon why common critics are inclined to prefer a ju - dicious and methodical genius to a great and fruitful one, is, becaufc they find it eafier for themfelves to pur -
The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson 1790
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Thefe principles. and proceedings, odious ancj contemptible as they are, in effedl are no lefs inju - dicious.
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Oertz is gay, Norman good-humoured; Oertz is complaifant, Norman aflfeftionate; Oertz is 'fpiightly and carelefs, Norman fenfible and ju - dicious; Oertz afFefts a fuperiority from her chftrms, Norman appears ignorant of her per* fedions.
Travels Through Germany: Containing Observations on Customs, Manners ... 1768
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Sir H«2nry Spci - dicious antiquary, fir Cle m en t Spe l m an, knt. now living, anno 1631. and inin, ku ghc. great grandmother to fir C l e m e n t S p e l m a n, knt. dcccafcd, who fuc -
Antient funeral monuments, of Great-Britain, Ireland, and the islands adjacent 1767
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Hello Kirsty, you’re at it again, torturing us with all these ‘delishes’ ‘dicious’!
Lunacy Kirsty 2008
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The health-of5ce, under the ju - dicious management of the present board, has been greatly instrumental in preserving to our city, and its environs, the blessings of health; but the present free - dom from a calamity, that has so much afflicted us in former years, ought not to render us inattentive to any improvem-ent which may be suggested, either for the accommodation of commerce, or for multiplying the beneficial precautions against foreign and domestic dis - ease.
Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Senate 1791
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8 A PREFATORY ESSAY city of rural life to advantage: and that, in a w-ay diftinft from paftoral, as much as the plain but ju - dicious landlord may be imagined to furpafs his tenant both in dignity and underfianding.
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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Mr. Brown, my immediate predecessor, whose praise was in the churches while he abode in the flesh, and whose memory is still precious with the serious and ju - dicious for his talents, goodness and assiduous labours, early appeared old by reason of a thin and slender con - stitution, and emaciated with cares and pains, seemed burthened with life before the time. "
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It dicious knight, and great antiquary, fir Henry Spe lm an, in his book (be -
Antient funeral monuments, of Great-Britain, Ireland, and the islands adjacent 1767
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