Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... mind was a vast magazine , admirably arranged ; everything was there , and everything was in its place . His judgments on men , on sects , on books , had been often and carefully tested and weighed , and had then been committed , each ...
... mind was a vast magazine , admirably arranged ; everything was there , and everything was in its place . His judgments on men , on sects , on books , had been often and carefully tested and weighed , and had then been committed , each ...
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... mind ; but a real model which he did not make , and which he cannot alter . Yet his is not a mere mechanical imitation . The triumph of his skill is to select such parts as may produce the effect of the whole , to bring out strongly all ...
... mind ; but a real model which he did not make , and which he cannot alter . Yet his is not a mere mechanical imitation . The triumph of his skill is to select such parts as may produce the effect of the whole , to bring out strongly all ...
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... mind was a change which passed on the mind of almost every wise and good man in Europe . In fact , few of his contemporaries changed so little . The rare mo- deration and calmness of his temper preserved him alike from extravagant ...
... mind was a change which passed on the mind of almost every wise and good man in Europe . In fact , few of his contemporaries changed so little . The rare mo- deration and calmness of his temper preserved him alike from extravagant ...
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... mind . What his political opinions were in his latter years is written in the annals of his country . Those annals will sufficiently refute the calumny which his biographer has ventured to publish in the very advertisement to his work ...
... mind . What his political opinions were in his latter years is written in the annals of his country . Those annals will sufficiently refute the calumny which his biographer has ventured to publish in the very advertisement to his work ...
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... mind to have the king in our hands . I said by no 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 ...
... mind to have the king in our hands . I said by no 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 ...
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