Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 pages |
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Page 33
... . Then were first proclaimed those mighty principles , which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years MILTON . 3833.
... . Then were first proclaimed those mighty principles , which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years MILTON . 3833.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an unquenchable fire in the hearts of the op- pressed , and loosed ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. Greece from the slavery and degradation of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an unquenchable fire in the hearts of the op- pressed , and loosed ...
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... Thousands and ten of thousands among his contemporaries raised their voices against ship- money and the star - chamber . But there were few indeed who discerned the more fearful evils of moral and intellectual slavery , and the benefits ...
... Thousands and ten of thousands among his contemporaries raised their voices against ship- money and the star - chamber . But there were few indeed who discerned the more fearful evils of moral and intellectual slavery , and the benefits ...
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... thousand work- men . The cloth annually produced sold , at an average , for twelve hundred thousand florins ; a sum fairly equal , in ex- changeable value , to two millions and a half of our money . Four hundred thousand florins were ...
... thousand work- men . The cloth annually produced sold , at an average , for twelve hundred thousand florins ; a sum fairly equal , in ex- changeable value , to two millions and a half of our money . Four hundred thousand florins were ...
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... thousands of these household ene- mies . Lastly , the mode in which military operations were conducted , during the prosperous times of Italy , was pecu- liarly unfavourable to the formation of an efficient militia Men covered with iron ...
... thousands of these household ene- mies . Lastly , the mode in which military operations were conducted , during the prosperous times of Italy , was pecu- liarly unfavourable to the formation of an efficient militia Men covered with iron ...
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