Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... less visionary , and still less simple - hearted . They aspired to know , where their ancestors had been con- tent to doubt ; they began to doubt , where their ancestors had thought it their duty to believe . Aristophanes is fond of ...
... less visionary , and still less simple - hearted . They aspired to know , where their ancestors had been con- tent to doubt ; they began to doubt , where their ancestors had thought it their duty to believe . Aristophanes is fond of ...
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... less of bombast in language , less of affectation in man- ner , less of solemn trifling and ostentatious simplicity . The acts of legislative assemblies , and the correspondence of diplomatists would not have been disgraced by rants ...
... less of bombast in language , less of affectation in man- ner , less of solemn trifling and ostentatious simplicity . The acts of legislative assemblies , and the correspondence of diplomatists would not have been disgraced by rants ...
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... less liberally or less judiciously ? He seems to think , that nobody but a fund- holder can employ the poor ; that if a tax is remitted , those who formerly used to pay it proceed immediately to dig holes in the earth , and bury the sum ...
... less liberally or less judiciously ? He seems to think , that nobody but a fund- holder can employ the poor ; that if a tax is remitted , those who formerly used to pay it proceed immediately to dig holes in the earth , and bury the sum ...
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