Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1Dent, 1909 - 669 pages |
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... object of giving as much unity as possible to a subject necessarily wanting it , " classifies the Essays into four groups , ( 1 ) English history , ( 2 ) Foreign history , ( 3 ) Controversial , ( 4 ) Critical and Miscellaneous . The ...
... object of giving as much unity as possible to a subject necessarily wanting it , " classifies the Essays into four groups , ( 1 ) English history , ( 2 ) Foreign history , ( 3 ) Controversial , ( 4 ) Critical and Miscellaneous . The ...
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... object was the demolition of the idols and the purification of the sanctuary . If they were too indulgent to the failings of eminent men from whose patronage they expected advantage to the church , they never flinched before persecuting ...
... object was the demolition of the idols and the purification of the sanctuary . If they were too indulgent to the failings of eminent men from whose patronage they expected advantage to the church , they never flinched before persecuting ...
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... object is self - preservation ; and for this they conciliate those who wrong them , just as they abandon those who serve them . Before we extol a man for his forgiving temper , we should inquire whether he is above revenge , or below it ...
... object is self - preservation ; and for this they conciliate those who wrong them , just as they abandon those who serve them . Before we extol a man for his forgiving temper , we should inquire whether he is above revenge , or below it ...
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... object was to procure as much aid as possible for its selfish under- taking , and to make the smallest possible concessions to the spirit of religious innovation . In From this compromise the Church of England sprang . many respects ...
... object was to procure as much aid as possible for its selfish under- taking , and to make the smallest possible concessions to the spirit of religious innovation . In From this compromise the Church of England sprang . many respects ...
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... object of peculiar interest to those whose lives have been spent , like his , in proving that there is no malice like the malice of a renegade . Nothing can be more natural or becoming than that one turncoat should eulogize another ...
... object of peculiar interest to those whose lives have been spent , like his , in proving that there is no malice like the malice of a renegade . Nothing can be more natural or becoming than that one turncoat should eulogize another ...
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