Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... tion , and convey an impression of power that will not easily be matched . And , again , we need to bear in mind that they were the productions of a writer immersed in business , written in his scanty moments of leisure , when most men ...
... tion , and convey an impression of power that will not easily be matched . And , again , we need to bear in mind that they were the productions of a writer immersed in business , written in his scanty moments of leisure , when most men ...
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... tion , and licentiousness ; while law was trampled down ; while judgment was perverted ; while the people were eaten as though they were bread . Once , and but once , for a moment , and but for a moment , when her own dignity and ...
... tion , and licentiousness ; while law was trampled down ; while judgment was perverted ; while the people were eaten as though they were bread . Once , and but once , for a moment , and but for a moment , when her own dignity and ...
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... tion . But experience has clearly shown that a Calvinistic church , like every other church , is disaffected when it is persecuted , quiet when it is tolerated , and actively loyal when it is favoured and cherished . Scotland has had a ...
... tion . But experience has clearly shown that a Calvinistic church , like every other church , is disaffected when it is persecuted , quiet when it is tolerated , and actively loyal when it is favoured and cherished . Scotland has had a ...
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... tion . It admits however of a very simple refutation . In the first place , punishments ex post facto are not altogether useless even as warnings . They are warnings to a particular class which stand in great need of warnings , to ...
... tion . It admits however of a very simple refutation . In the first place , punishments ex post facto are not altogether useless even as warnings . They are warnings to a particular class which stand in great need of warnings , to ...
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... watching their demeanour . Every tone of voice , every change of colour , is to go down to posterity . Escape is impossible . Supplication is vain . In such a situa- tion pride and despair have often been known to nerve 46 Macaulay's ...
... watching their demeanour . Every tone of voice , every change of colour , is to go down to posterity . Escape is impossible . Supplication is vain . In such a situa- tion pride and despair have often been known to nerve 46 Macaulay's ...
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