Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 5J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 |
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... enemy and a valuable ally . But the mind of Frederic William was so ill regulated , that all his inclinations became passions , and all his passions partook of the character of moral and intellectual disease . His parsimony degenerated ...
... enemy and a valuable ally . But the mind of Frederic William was so ill regulated , that all his inclinations became passions , and all his passions partook of the character of moral and intellectual disease . His parsimony degenerated ...
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... enemy ventured to encounter the King in the field ; and , before the end of January 1741 , he returned to receive the congratula- tions of his subjects at Berlin . Had the Silesian question been merely a question between Frederic and ...
... enemy ventured to encounter the King in the field ; and , before the end of January 1741 , he returned to receive the congratula- tions of his subjects at Berlin . Had the Silesian question been merely a question between Frederic and ...
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... from his country . His fame had raised him up enemies . His sensibility gave them a formidable advantage over him . They were , indeed , contemptible assailants . Of all that they wrote against him , nothing has survived except what he.
... from his country . His fame had raised him up enemies . His sensibility gave them a formidable advantage over him . They were , indeed , contemptible assailants . Of all that they wrote against him , nothing has survived except what he.
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... enemy . He slily depreciated Montesquieu and Buffon . He publicly , and with violent outrage , made war on Rousseau . Nor had he the art of hiding his feelings under the semblance of good humour or of contempt . With all his great ...
... enemy . He slily depreciated Montesquieu and Buffon . He publicly , and with violent outrage , made war on Rousseau . Nor had he the art of hiding his feelings under the semblance of good humour or of contempt . With all his great ...
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... ; for that fatal dint , Save Him who reigns above , none can resist . ' We cannot pause to recount how often that rare talent was exercised against rivals worthy of esteem ; how often it was used to crush and torture enemies.
... ; for that fatal dint , Save Him who reigns above , none can resist . ' We cannot pause to recount how often that rare talent was exercised against rivals worthy of esteem ; how often it was used to crush and torture enemies.
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