Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... become Catholics , if the Cath- olic religion were established , he estimated at four fifths of the nation . We believe this account to have been very near the truth . We believe that the people , VOL . III . 2 whose minds were made up ...
... become Catholics , if the Cath- olic religion were established , he estimated at four fifths of the nation . We believe this account to have been very near the truth . We believe that the people , VOL . III . 2 whose minds were made up ...
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... become an editor because he wanted the talents which would have made him eminent as a writer . Persons who hold democratical opinions , and who have been accustomed to consider M. Dumont as one of their party , have been surprised and ...
... become an editor because he wanted the talents which would have made him eminent as a writer . Persons who hold democratical opinions , and who have been accustomed to consider M. Dumont as one of their party , have been surprised and ...
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... become humane and enlightened , it would be safe to venture on a change . But , as this system has de- stroyed morality , and prevented the development of the intellect , as it has turned men , who might under different training have ...
... become humane and enlightened , it would be safe to venture on a change . But , as this system has de- stroyed morality , and prevented the development of the intellect , as it has turned men , who might under different training have ...
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... become possessed of irresistible power before they had attained the slightest knowledge of the art of government that practical questions of vast moment were left to be solved by men to whom politics had been only matter of theory that ...
... become possessed of irresistible power before they had attained the slightest knowledge of the art of government that practical questions of vast moment were left to be solved by men to whom politics had been only matter of theory that ...
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... become the fashion . A fashion indeed it was ; and , like a fashion , it passed away . The austerity of the tyrant's old age had in- jured the morality of the higher orders more than even the licentiousness of his youth . Not only had ...
... become the fashion . A fashion indeed it was ; and , like a fashion , it passed away . The austerity of the tyrant's old age had in- jured the morality of the higher orders more than even the licentiousness of his youth . Not only had ...
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