Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 23
... dangerous , was also to be avoided . The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the control of their opinions . The most exquisite art of poetical colouring can produce no illusion , when it is employed to represent that which ...
... dangerous , was also to be avoided . The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the control of their opinions . The most exquisite art of poetical colouring can produce no illusion , when it is employed to represent that which ...
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... danger of being deprived of the restricted power which was absolutely necessary to his personal safety , then , it must be acknowledged , he adopted a more arbitrary policy . Yet , though we believe that the intentions of Cromwell were ...
... danger of being deprived of the restricted power which was absolutely necessary to his personal safety , then , it must be acknowledged , he adopted a more arbitrary policy . Yet , though we believe that the intentions of Cromwell were ...
Page 51
... them above the influence of danger and of corruption . It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends , but never to choose unwise means . They went through the world , like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with 4 * MILTON . 51.
... them above the influence of danger and of corruption . It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends , but never to choose unwise means . They went through the world , like Sir Artegal's iron man Talus with 4 * MILTON . 51.
Page 60
... looked down on temptations and dangers , the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants , and the faith which he so sternly kept with his coun- try and with his fame . MACHIAVELLI . ( MARCH , 1827. ) CEuvres complètes de 60 MILTON .
... looked down on temptations and dangers , the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants , and the faith which he so sternly kept with his coun- try and with his fame . MACHIAVELLI . ( MARCH , 1827. ) CEuvres complètes de 60 MILTON .
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... dangerous course left to a government is to form that class into a standing army . It is scarcely possible , that men can pass their lives in the service of one state , without feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories are ...
... dangerous course left to a government is to form that class into a standing army . It is scarcely possible , that men can pass their lives in the service of one state , without feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories are ...
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