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"Male"
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"The Difference, Between Words, Esteemed Synonymous: in the English Language"
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"Age of Sensibility"
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"Early Modern"
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"Eighteenth Century"
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Date: 1766
"The 'wise' man, makes use of those means, that are most proper for his purpose; he conducts himself, by the light of reason."
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Date: 1766
"'Infatuation' acts so strongly, as in some measure, to take away that reason, which is the light of the mind; and thus darkening it, leads a man into the grossest errors."
preview | full record— Trusler, John (1735-1820)