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Page 154
... human nature than their predecessors . analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to por- tray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like ' Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self - interest ...
... human nature than their predecessors . analysis is not the business of the poet . His office is to por- tray , not to dissect . He may believe in a moral sense , like ' Shaftesbury ; he may refer all human actions to self - interest ...
Page 293
... human race ; and every man who , in the contest which , in his time , divided our country , dis- tinguished himself on the right side , is entitled to our gratitude and respect . Whatever the editor of this book may think , those ...
... human race ; and every man who , in the contest which , in his time , divided our country , dis- tinguished himself on the right side , is entitled to our gratitude and respect . Whatever the editor of this book may think , those ...
Page 528
... human beings were reduced to the extremity of wretchedness . They had been accustomed to live under tyranny , but never under tyranny like this . They found the little finger of the Company thicker than the loins of Surajah Dowlah ...
... human beings were reduced to the extremity of wretchedness . They had been accustomed to live under tyranny , but never under tyranny like this . They found the little finger of the Company thicker than the loins of Surajah Dowlah ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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