Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... means done his duty . One misprint in particular is so serious as to require notice . Sir James Mackintosh has paid a high and just tribute to the genius , the integrity , and the courage of a good and great man , a distinguished ...
... means done his duty . One misprint in particular is so serious as to require notice . Sir James Mackintosh has paid a high and just tribute to the genius , the integrity , and the courage of a good and great man , a distinguished ...
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... persons the praise of eloquence and of poetical invention , nor are we by any means disposed , even where they have been gainers by their conversion , to question their sincerity . It would 26 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS.
... persons the praise of eloquence and of poetical invention , nor are we by any means disposed , even where they have been gainers by their conversion , to question their sincerity . It would 26 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS.
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... mean anything , they must mean that the opinions of Sir James Mackintosh concerning reli- gious liberty and parliamentary reform went no further than those of the authors of the Revolution , -in other words , that Sir James Mackintosh ...
... mean anything , they must mean that the opinions of Sir James Mackintosh concerning reli- gious liberty and parliamentary reform went no further than those of the authors of the Revolution , -in other words , that Sir James Mackintosh ...
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... means , for we would not hurt his person . He asked next , what if he had a mind to go away ? I said nothing was so much to be wished for . This I told the prince , and he approved of both my answers . ' " Is it credible that Lord ...
... means , for we would not hurt his person . He asked next , what if he had a mind to go away ? I said nothing was so much to be wished for . This I told the prince , and he approved of both my answers . ' " Is it credible that Lord ...
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... means of locomotion and correspondence , every mechanical art , every manufacture , everything that promotes the con- venience of life , to a perfection which our ancestors would have thought magical , -have produced a literature abound ...
... means of locomotion and correspondence , every mechanical art , every manufacture , everything that promotes the con- venience of life , to a perfection which our ancestors would have thought magical , -have produced a literature abound ...
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