Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 3Hurd and Houghton, 1874 |
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... nature only as it appears in our island . What the Italian is to the Englishman , what the Hindoo is to the Italian ... natural defence of the weak are more familiar to this subtle race than to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal , or to ...
... nature only as it appears in our island . What the Italian is to the Englishman , what the Hindoo is to the Italian ... natural defence of the weak are more familiar to this subtle race than to the Ionian of the time of Juvenal , or to ...
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... nature , honour , religion , female modesty , rose up against the innovation . Arrest on mesne process was the first step in most civil proceedings ; and to a native of rank ar- rest was not merely a restraint , but a foul personal ...
... nature , honour , religion , female modesty , rose up against the innovation . Arrest on mesne process was the first step in most civil proceedings ; and to a native of rank ar- rest was not merely a restraint , but a foul personal ...
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... nature , he is , like them , entitled to this great praise , that he devoted years of intense labour to the service of a people with whom he had neither blood nor language , neither re- ligion nor manners in common , and from whom no re ...
... nature , he is , like them , entitled to this great praise , that he devoted years of intense labour to the service of a people with whom he had neither blood nor language , neither re- ligion nor manners in common , and from whom no re ...
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... nature , and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weak- nesses which are found in the strongest minds . Diony- sius in old times , Frederic in the last century , with capacity and vigour equal to the conduct of the greatest ...
... nature , and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weak- nesses which are found in the strongest minds . Diony- sius in old times , Frederic in the last century , with capacity and vigour equal to the conduct of the greatest ...
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... nature a strong and sharp understanding , and a rare firmness of temper and intensity of will . As to the other parts of his character , it is difficult to say whether they are to be ascribed to nature , or to the strange training which ...
... nature a strong and sharp understanding , and a rare firmness of temper and intensity of will . As to the other parts of his character , it is difficult to say whether they are to be ascribed to nature , or to the strange training which ...
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