Essays, Critical and MiscellaneousA. Hart, 1853 - 744 páginas |
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... matter . These charges , were they infinite- ly more important , would not alter our opinion of an event , which alone has made us to differ from the slaves who crouch beneath the scep- deposition of the son ? What constitutional had ...
... matter . These charges , were they infinite- ly more important , would not alter our opinion of an event , which alone has made us to differ from the slaves who crouch beneath the scep- deposition of the son ? What constitutional had ...
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... matter and manner , made up what was then considered as fine writing . The eloquence of the bar , the pulpit , and the council - board was deformed by conceits which would have disgraced the rhym- ing shepherds of an Italian academy ...
... matter and manner , made up what was then considered as fine writing . The eloquence of the bar , the pulpit , and the council - board was deformed by conceits which would have disgraced the rhym- ing shepherds of an Italian academy ...
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... matter or in manner , than that of the Athenians . The style of Cleon is as pure , as austere , as terse , and as significant , as that of Pericles . In spite of this great fault , it must be allow- ed that Thucydides has surpassed all ...
... matter or in manner , than that of the Athenians . The style of Cleon is as pure , as austere , as terse , and as significant , as that of Pericles . In spite of this great fault , it must be allow- ed that Thucydides has surpassed all ...
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... matter . But the for- rical novelist . On the other hand , to extract mer looks at it with the eye of a sculptor . His the philosophy of history - to direct our judg - intention is to give an express and lively ment of events and men ...
... matter . But the for- rical novelist . On the other hand , to extract mer looks at it with the eye of a sculptor . His the philosophy of history - to direct our judg - intention is to give an express and lively ment of events and men ...
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... matter . The lan- there is often a portion of willing credulity and guage , even where most faulty , is weighty and enthusiasm in the veneration which the most massive , and indicates strong sense in every discerning men pay to their ...
... matter . The lan- there is often a portion of willing credulity and guage , even where most faulty , is weighty and enthusiasm in the veneration which the most massive , and indicates strong sense in every discerning men pay to their ...
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