Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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... lived in an enlightened age ; he received a finished education ; and we must therefore , if we would form a just estimate of his powers , make large deductions in con- sideration of these advantages . We venture to say , on the contrary ...
... lived in an enlightened age ; he received a finished education ; and we must therefore , if we would form a just estimate of his powers , make large deductions in con- sideration of these advantages . We venture to say , on the contrary ...
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... lived a few years longer , it is probable that his institu- tions would have survived him , and that his arbitrary practice would have died with him . His power had not been conse- crated by ancient prejudices . It was upheld only by ...
... lived a few years longer , it is probable that his institu- tions would have survived him , and that his arbitrary practice would have died with him . His power had not been conse- crated by ancient prejudices . It was upheld only by ...
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... lived saw any thing shocking or incongruous in his writings . Abundant proofs remain of the high estimation in which both his works and his person were held by the most respectable among his contemporaries . Clement the Seventh ...
... lived saw any thing shocking or incongruous in his writings . Abundant proofs remain of the high estimation in which both his works and his person were held by the most respectable among his contemporaries . Clement the Seventh ...
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... lived by taking black mail from his neighbours , committed the same crime for which Wild was accompanied to Tyburn by the huzzas of two hundred thousand people . But there can be no doubt that he was a much less depraved man than Wild ...
... lived by taking black mail from his neighbours , committed the same crime for which Wild was accompanied to Tyburn by the huzzas of two hundred thousand people . But there can be no doubt that he was a much less depraved man than Wild ...
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... lived in times like these should overrate the importance of those measures by which a nation is rendered formidable to its neighbours , and undervalue those which make it prosperous within itself . Nothing is more remarkable in the ...
... lived in times like these should overrate the importance of those measures by which a nation is rendered formidable to its neighbours , and undervalue those which make it prosperous within itself . Nothing is more remarkable in the ...
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