Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 19
... strong temptations . But this lenity did not arise from ignorance or neglect of moral distinctions . Though he allowed , perhaps , too much weight to every ex- tenuating circumstance that could be urged in favour of the transgressor ...
... strong temptations . But this lenity did not arise from ignorance or neglect of moral distinctions . Though he allowed , perhaps , too much weight to every ex- tenuating circumstance that could be urged in favour of the transgressor ...
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... strong imagi- nation and quick sensibility , but who were neither accurate observers nor logical reasoners . It was natural that such men should see in the victory of the third estate in France the dawn of a new Saturnian age . It was ...
... strong imagi- nation and quick sensibility , but who were neither accurate observers nor logical reasoners . It was natural that such men should see in the victory of the third estate in France the dawn of a new Saturnian age . It was ...
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... strong minority , of a majority - of mankind . Thus , the great progress goes on , till schoolboys laugh at the jargon which imposed on Bacon , -till country rectors condemn the illiberality and intolerance of Sir Thomas More . Seeing ...
... strong minority , of a majority - of mankind . Thus , the great progress goes on , till schoolboys laugh at the jargon which imposed on Bacon , -till country rectors condemn the illiberality and intolerance of Sir Thomas More . Seeing ...
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... strong distinction of caste sepa- rating the victorious Norman from the vanquished Saxon . We see the great body of the population in a state of per- sonal slavery . We see the most debasing and cruel super- stition exercising boundless ...
... strong distinction of caste sepa- rating the victorious Norman from the vanquished Saxon . We see the great body of the population in a state of per- sonal slavery . We see the most debasing and cruel super- stition exercising boundless ...
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... strong a hold the old aristocracy had on the affections of the people . One member of the House of Commons went so far as to say , that unless their lordships were peaceably restored , the country might soon be convulsed by a war of the ...
... strong a hold the old aristocracy had on the affections of the people . One member of the House of Commons went so far as to say , that unless their lordships were peaceably restored , the country might soon be convulsed by a war of the ...
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