Essays, Critical and MiscellaneousD. Appleton, 1863 - 744 páginas |
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... matter of perfect in lif ference . He was for the highest wages and the longest term . When the campaign for which he had contracted was finished , there was neither law nor punctilio to prevent him from instantly turring his arms ...
... matter of perfect in lif ference . He was for the highest wages and the longest term . When the campaign for which he had contracted was finished , there was neither law nor punctilio to prevent him from instantly turring his arms ...
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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 as we may , experience shows us that a man may believe in election without believing in reprobation , that he ... matters of doctrine , and at the same time to believe doctrines which he pronounced to be heretical . Let it pass ...
... matter as we may , experience shows us that a man may believe in election without believing in reprobation , that he ... matters of doctrine , and at the same time to believe doctrines which he pronounced to be heretical . Let it pass ...
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