Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to The Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 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 , nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily abandon ourselves to the illusion of the Romance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , surgeon , resident at Rotherhithe , tells us of pygmies and giants , flying ...
... lived , nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily abandon ourselves to the illusion of the Romance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , surgeon , resident at Rotherhithe , tells us of pygmies and giants , flying ...
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... lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes and Arimanes , liberty and despotism , reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single gene ...
... lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes and Arimanes , liberty and despotism , reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single gene ...
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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 " As ever in his great task - master's eye . " Like them , he kept his mind continually fixed on an Almighty Judge and an eternal reward . And hence he acquired their contempt of external circumstances , their fortitude , their ...
... lived " As ever in his great task - master's eye . " Like them , he kept his mind continually fixed on an Almighty Judge and an eternal reward . And hence he acquired their contempt of external circumstances , their fortitude , their ...
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