Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 76
... less ingenuity , less taste , less delicacy of perception than the conquered ; but far more pride , firmness , and courage , a more solemn demeanour , a stronger sense of honour . The subject had more subtlety in 76 Macaulay's Essays.
... less ingenuity , less taste , less delicacy of perception than the conquered ; but far more pride , firmness , and courage , a more solemn demeanour , a stronger sense of honour . The subject had more subtlety in 76 Macaulay's Essays.
Page 162
... less formidable confederacy had compelled Lewis the Fourteenth to bow down his haughty head to the very earth . A less formidable confederacy has , within our own memory , subjugated a still mightier empire , and abused a still prouder ...
... less formidable confederacy had compelled Lewis the Fourteenth to bow down his haughty head to the very earth . A less formidable confederacy has , within our own memory , subjugated a still mightier empire , and abused a still prouder ...
Page 234
... less than what is near and certain ? The argument too applies to Christians as strongly as to Jews . The Christian ... less eagerly than a Christian in any com- petition which the law leaves open to him ? Is he less active and regular in ...
... less than what is near and certain ? The argument too applies to Christians as strongly as to Jews . The Christian ... less eagerly than a Christian in any com- petition which the law leaves open to him ? Is he less active and regular in ...
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