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... character . England has no such names to show ; not that she wanted men of sincere piety , of deep learning , of steady and ad- venturous courage . But these were thrown into the back- ground . Elsewhere men of this character were the ...
... character . England has no such names to show ; not that she wanted men of sincere piety , of deep learning , of steady and ad- venturous courage . But these were thrown into the back- ground . Elsewhere men of this character were the ...
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... character ; and the same peculiarity may be traced in his mythology . It has nothing of the amenity and elegance which we generally find in the superstitions of Greece . All is rugged , barbaric , and colossal . The legends of Eschylus ...
... character ; and the same peculiarity may be traced in his mythology . It has nothing of the amenity and elegance which we generally find in the superstitions of Greece . All is rugged , barbaric , and colossal . The legends of Eschylus ...
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... character to inspire esteem or tender- ness . He was not our countryman . He never set foot on our soil till he was more than thirty years old . His speech bewrayed his foreign origin and breeding . His love for his native land , though ...
... character to inspire esteem or tender- ness . He was not our countryman . He never set foot on our soil till he was more than thirty years old . His speech bewrayed his foreign origin and breeding . His love for his native land , though ...
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HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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