Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... conduct as unjust would soon adopt it on the plea of retaliation ; and the general good of literature , for which the society was professedly instituted , would be forgotten in the stronger claims of political and religious partiality ...
... conduct as unjust would soon adopt it on the plea of retaliation ; and the general good of literature , for which the society was professedly instituted , would be forgotten in the stronger claims of political and religious partiality ...
Page 65
... conduct furnished the purest example , of moral excellence . It is of all religions the most poetical . The ancient superstitions furnished the fancy with beautiful images , but took no hold on the heart . The doctrines of the Reformed ...
... conduct furnished the purest example , of moral excellence . It is of all religions the most poetical . The ancient superstitions furnished the fancy with beautiful images , but took no hold on the heart . The doctrines of the Reformed ...
Page 130
... conduct of the war , the scheme prospered . Witness the battle of Naseby , and the memorable exploits of Fairfaix in the west . thereby the Parliament lost that hold on the soldiers and that power to control them , which they retained ...
... conduct of the war , the scheme prospered . Witness the battle of Naseby , and the memorable exploits of Fairfaix in the west . thereby the Parliament lost that hold on the soldiers and that power to control them , which they retained ...
Page 150
... conducted ; that they had no time to disen- tangle sophisms , or to notice slight inaccuracies of expression ; that elaborate excellence , either of rea- soning or of language , would have been absolutely thrown away . To recur to the ...
... conducted ; that they had no time to disen- tangle sophisms , or to notice slight inaccuracies of expression ; that elaborate excellence , either of rea- soning or of language , would have been absolutely thrown away . To recur to the ...
Page 169
... conducted by Night and Si- lence , unexpectedly attacks the Prussians . The slaugh- ter is immense . Napoleon kills many whose histories and families are happily particularised . He slays Herman , the craniologist , who dwelt by the ...
... conducted by Night and Si- lence , unexpectedly attacks the Prussians . The slaugh- ter is immense . Napoleon kills many whose histories and families are happily particularised . He slays Herman , the craniologist , who dwelt by the ...
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