Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... person we should have called this solicitude mere foppery ; and , in spite of all our admiration for Mr. Fox , we cannot but think that his extreme attention to the petty niceties of language was hardly worthy of so manly and so ...
... person we should have called this solicitude mere foppery ; and , in spite of all our admiration for Mr. Fox , we cannot but think that his extreme attention to the petty niceties of language was hardly worthy of so manly and so ...
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... person doubts it , we would advise him to read the account of the events which followed the issuing of King James's famous declaration , the meeting of the clergy , the violent scene at the Privy Council , the commitment , trial , and ...
... person doubts it , we would advise him to read the account of the events which followed the issuing of King James's famous declaration , the meeting of the clergy , the violent scene at the Privy Council , the commitment , trial , and ...
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... person , we are sure , who has read this Memoir , will doubt that there are men whose abuse is an honour . But we must proceed to more important matters . This writer evidently wishes to impress his readers with a belief that Sir James ...
... person , we are sure , who has read this Memoir , will doubt that there are men whose abuse is an honour . But we must proceed to more important matters . This writer evidently wishes to impress his readers with a belief that Sir James ...
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... person to be sin- gled out from among millions and arraigned before posterity as a traitor to his opinions , only because events produced on him the effect which they produced on a whole genera- tion ? This biographer may , for aught we ...
... person to be sin- gled out from among millions and arraigned before posterity as a traitor to his opinions , only because events produced on him the effect which they produced on a whole genera- tion ? This biographer may , for aught we ...
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... persons of distinguished talents who entered into life at nearly the same time with him . Such persons we have seen ... person would be offensive , but which is altogether unpardonable in men who , by their own confes sions , have had ...
... persons of distinguished talents who entered into life at nearly the same time with him . Such persons we have seen ... person would be offensive , but which is altogether unpardonable in men who , by their own confes sions , have had ...
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