Essays and Lays of Ancient RomeLongmans, Green, 1906 - 923 pages |
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... principles of dramatic writing , we shall instantly con- demn them as monstrous . But if we forget the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall admit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
... principles of dramatic writing , we shall instantly con- demn them as monstrous . But if we forget the characters , and think only of the poetry , we shall admit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles ...
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... principles which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degrada- tion of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an ...
... principles which have since worked their way into the depths of the American forests , which have roused Greece from the slavery and degrada- tion of two thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an ...
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... principles from which the claim of any government to the obedience of its subjects is to be deduced . We are entitled to that vantage ground ; but we will relinquish it . We are , on this point , so confident of superiority , that we ...
... principles from which the claim of any government to the obedience of its subjects is to be deduced . We are entitled to that vantage ground ; but we will relinquish it . We are , on this point , so confident of superiority , that we ...
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... principles of all free govern- ments , must , if suffered to remain unanswered , have produced a most per- nicious effect on the public mind . We wish to add a few words relative to another subject , on which the ene- mies of Milton ...
... principles of all free govern- ments , must , if suffered to remain unanswered , have produced a most per- nicious effect on the public mind . We wish to add a few words relative to another subject , on which the ene- mies of Milton ...
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... principles . Without casting one glance on the past , or requiring one stipulation for the future , they threw down their freedom at the feet of the most frivolous and heartless of tyrants . Then came those days , never to be recalled ...
... principles . Without casting one glance on the past , or requiring one stipulation for the future , they threw down their freedom at the feet of the most frivolous and heartless of tyrants . Then came those days , never to be recalled ...
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