Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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... believe , be not only astonishing but offensive to many of his readers . It must particularly disgust those people who , in their specula- tions on politics , are not reasoners but fanciers ; whose opinions , even when sincere , are not ...
... believe , be not only astonishing but offensive to many of his readers . It must particularly disgust those people who , in their specula- tions on politics , are not reasoners but fanciers ; whose opinions , even when sincere , are not ...
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... believe that we might safely content ourselves with stating the fact , and leaving it to the judgment of every plain Englishman . Recent controversies have , however , given so much importance to this subject , that we will offer a few ...
... believe that we might safely content ourselves with stating the fact , and leaving it to the judgment of every plain Englishman . Recent controversies have , however , given so much importance to this subject , that we will offer a few ...
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... believe in election without believing in reprobation , that he may believe in reprobation without being an Antinomian , and that he may be an Antinomian without being a bad citizen . Man , in short , is so inconsistent a creature that ...
... believe in election without believing in reprobation , that he may believe in reprobation without being an Antinomian , and that he may be an Antinomian without being a bad citizen . Man , in short , is so inconsistent a creature that ...
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... believe , Strafford had de- bauched . These stories do not rest on vague report . The historians most partial to the minister admit their truth , and censure them in terms which , though too lenient for the occasion , are still severe ...
... believe , Strafford had de- bauched . These stories do not rest on vague report . The historians most partial to the minister admit their truth , and censure them in terms which , though too lenient for the occasion , are still severe ...
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... believe that Falkland spoke in favour of it . In one respect , as Mr. Hallam has observed , the proceeding was honourably distinguished from others of the same kind . An act was passed to relieve the children of Strafford from the ...
... believe that Falkland spoke in favour of it . In one respect , as Mr. Hallam has observed , the proceeding was honourably distinguished from others of the same kind . An act was passed to relieve the children of Strafford from the ...
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