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... strong in him , a passion for ludicrous images , and a passion for subtle speculations , sometimes prompted him to ... strong passions and strong temptations , have left to posterity a doubtful and checkered fame . SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH ...
... strong in him , a passion for ludicrous images , and a passion for subtle speculations , sometimes prompted him to ... strong passions and strong temptations , have left to posterity a doubtful and checkered fame . SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH ...
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... strong passions , quick sensibility , and vehement enthusiasm for the grand and the beautiful . There was some- thing about him which ennobled tergiversation itself . He often went wrong , very wrong . But , to quote the language of ...
... strong passions , quick sensibility , and vehement enthusiasm for the grand and the beautiful . There was some- thing about him which ennobled tergiversation itself . He often went wrong , very wrong . But , to quote the language of ...
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... strong passions and tried by strong temptations , committed great faults . But every person who takes a fair and enlightened view of his whole career must admit that our island , so fertile in heroes and statesmen , has scarcely ever ...
... strong passions and tried by strong temptations , committed great faults . But every person who takes a fair and enlightened view of his whole career must admit that our island , so fertile in heroes and statesmen , has scarcely ever ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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