Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... friend of liberty in Europe or in America whose ardour had not been damped , whose faith in the high destinies of mankind had not been shaken ? Was there one observer to whom the French Revolution , or revolutions in general , appeared ...
... friend of liberty in Europe or in America whose ardour had not been damped , whose faith in the high destinies of mankind had not been shaken ? Was there one observer to whom the French Revolution , or revolutions in general , appeared ...
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... friends against it . After a long and " " violent struggle he recovers , and finds himself much ex- hausted by his sufferings , but free from some chronic com- plaints which had been the torment of his life . He then changes his opinion ...
... friends against it . After a long and " " violent struggle he recovers , and finds himself much ex- hausted by his sufferings , but free from some chronic com- plaints which had been the torment of his life . He then changes his opinion ...
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... friends . We presume , there- fore , that in the year 1688 , friendship was one of the malignant passions , and a cause of quarrel . " But enough and too much of such folly . 66 Never was there such a contrast as that which Sir James's ...
... friends . We presume , there- fore , that in the year 1688 , friendship was one of the malignant passions , and a cause of quarrel . " But enough and too much of such folly . 66 Never was there such a contrast as that which Sir James's ...
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... friends , " says the Marquis , " love him too well to see small faults , or if they do , think that his greater talents give him a privilege of straying from the strict rules of caution . " Men like Hali- fax do not write elaborate ...
... friends , " says the Marquis , " love him too well to see small faults , or if they do , think that his greater talents give him a privilege of straying from the strict rules of caution . " Men like Hali- fax do not write elaborate ...
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... friendship ; yet he was perpetually led by favourites without being in the smallest degree duped by them . He knew that their regard to his interests was all simulated ; but from a certain easiness which had no connexion with humanity ...
... friendship ; yet he was perpetually led by favourites without being in the smallest degree duped by them . He knew that their regard to his interests was all simulated ; but from a certain easiness which had no connexion with humanity ...
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