Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 28
... present our readers , few of whom , we suspect , will be his readers , with a sample of his eloquence . We will treat them with a short sentence , and will engage that they shall think it long enough . " Idolatry ! fatal word , which ...
... present our readers , few of whom , we suspect , will be his readers , with a sample of his eloquence . We will treat them with a short sentence , and will engage that they shall think it long enough . " Idolatry ! fatal word , which ...
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... presents to this Continuation . In the former , we have scarcely been able , during several close examina tions , to detect one mistake as to matter of fact . We never open the latter without lighting on a ridiculous blunder which it ...
... presents to this Continuation . In the former , we have scarcely been able , during several close examina tions , to detect one mistake as to matter of fact . We never open the latter without lighting on a ridiculous blunder which it ...
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... present day . Those distinguished statesmen did , however , make a noble , and , in some respects , a suc- cessful struggle for the rights of conscience . Their wish was to bring the great body of the Protestant Dissenters within the ...
... present day . Those distinguished statesmen did , however , make a noble , and , in some respects , a suc- cessful struggle for the rights of conscience . Their wish was to bring the great body of the Protestant Dissenters within the ...
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... presents a purse to the chief actor for defending the cause of liberty so well . The history of that night was , in minia- ture , the history of two generations . We well know how much sophistry there was in the reasonings , and how ...
... presents a purse to the chief actor for defending the cause of liberty so well . The history of that night was , in minia- ture , the history of two generations . We well know how much sophistry there was in the reasonings , and how ...
Page 84
... less understood . Many devices which now mitigate the heat of the climate , preserve health , and prolor g life , were unknown . There was far less intercourse with Europe than at present 84 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... less understood . Many devices which now mitigate the heat of the climate , preserve health , and prolor g life , were unknown . There was far less intercourse with Europe than at present 84 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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