Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2J.M. Dent, 1919 |
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... character and writings we now propose to consider . The terms in which he is commonly described would seem to import that he was the Tempter , the Evil Principle , the discoverer of ambition and revenge , the original inventor of ...
... character and writings we now propose to consider . The terms in which he is commonly described would seem to import that he was the Tempter , the Evil Principle , the discoverer of ambition and revenge , the original inventor of ...
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... may have been his general character , did not at least affect a love of letters and of the arts . Knowledge and public prosperity continued to advance together . Both attained their meridian in the age of 8 Macaulay's Essays.
... may have been his general character , did not at least affect a love of letters and of the arts . Knowledge and public prosperity continued to advance together . Both attained their meridian in the age of 8 Macaulay's Essays.
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... character . The services of the soldier are considered as the effects of patriotic zeal , his pay as the tribute of national gratitude . To betray the power which employs him , to be even remiss in its service , are in his eyes the most ...
... character . The services of the soldier are considered as the effects of patriotic zeal , his pay as the tribute of national gratitude . To betray the power which employs him , to be even remiss in its service , are in his eyes the most ...
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... character . Men grew old in camps , and acquired the highest renown by their warlike achievements , without being once required to face serious danger . The political consequences are too well known . The richest and most enlightened ...
... character . Men grew old in camps , and acquired the highest renown by their warlike achievements , without being once required to face serious danger . The political consequences are too well known . The richest and most enlightened ...
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... character were degraded by some base crimes , it was , on the other hand , ennobled by public spirit and by an honourable ambition . A vice sanctioned by the general opinion is merely a vice . The evil terminates in itself . A vice ...
... character were degraded by some base crimes , it was , on the other hand , ennobled by public spirit and by an honourable ambition . A vice sanctioned by the general opinion is merely a vice . The evil terminates in itself . A vice ...
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