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Page 117
... mind , would be found no ward if you should die to - morrow , yet it is a great hazard , methinks , to see so sweet a disposition guarded with no more , amongst a people whereof many make it their religion to be superstitious in impiety ...
... mind , would be found no ward if you should die to - morrow , yet it is a great hazard , methinks , to see so sweet a disposition guarded with no more , amongst a people whereof many make it their religion to be superstitious in impiety ...
Page 284
... mind was a change which passed on the mind of almost every wise and good man in Europe . In fact , few of his contemporaries changed so little . The rare moderation and calmness of his temper preserved him alike from extravagant elation ...
... mind was a change which passed on the mind of almost every wise and good man in Europe . In fact , few of his contemporaries changed so little . The rare moderation and calmness of his temper preserved him alike from extravagant elation ...
Page 407
... mind is partly to be ascribed to the unjust violence with which the administration of Walpole had been assailed . In the body politic , as in the natural body , morbid languor generally succeeds morbid excitement . The people had been ...
... mind is partly to be ascribed to the unjust violence with which the administration of Walpole had been assailed . In the body politic , as in the natural body , morbid languor generally succeeds morbid excitement . The people had been ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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