Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... nature and habit one of those who follow , not one of those who lead . Nothing that is recorded , either of his words or of his actions , indicates intellectual or moral elevation . But his tal- ents , though not brilliant , were of an ...
... nature and habit one of those who follow , not one of those who lead . Nothing that is recorded , either of his words or of his actions , indicates intellectual or moral elevation . But his tal- ents , though not brilliant , were of an ...
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... nature or by art , could resist , with arms before which rivers parted like the Jordan , and ramparts fell down like the walls of Jeri- cho . The great masters of fleets and armies were often reduced to confess , like Milton's warlike ...
... nature or by art , could resist , with arms before which rivers parted like the Jordan , and ramparts fell down like the walls of Jeri- cho . The great masters of fleets and armies were often reduced to confess , like Milton's warlike ...
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... nature , Are burnt and purged away . " These lines , we suspect , would have raised a tremen- dous storm in the theatre at any time during the reign of Charles the Second . They were clearly not written by a zealous Protestant , or for ...
... nature , Are burnt and purged away . " These lines , we suspect , would have raised a tremen- dous storm in the theatre at any time during the reign of Charles the Second . They were clearly not written by a zealous Protestant , or for ...
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... nature and Christian learned con- science , as she spake concerning God's holy ordinance and institution of matrimony . " Burleigh prevailed on her to connive at the marriages of churchmen . But she would only connive ; and the children ...
... nature and Christian learned con- science , as she spake concerning God's holy ordinance and institution of matrimony . " Burleigh prevailed on her to connive at the marriages of churchmen . But she would only connive ; and the children ...
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... nature of property , and ought therefore to have been most delicately handled . They are called the Constituent Assembly . Never was a name less appropriate . They were not con- stituent , but the very reverse of constituent . They ...
... nature of property , and ought therefore to have been most delicately handled . They are called the Constituent Assembly . Never was a name less appropriate . They were not con- stituent , but the very reverse of constituent . They ...
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