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The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise .
The book of Job , indeed , in conduct and diction , bears a con- siderable resemblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise .
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His public conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high , and an intellect so powerful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind ; at the very crisis of the great conflict between ...
His public conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high , and an intellect so powerful . He lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of mankind ; at the very crisis of the great conflict between ...
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We need not say how much we admire his public conduct . But we cannot disguise from ourselves , that a large portion of his countrymen still think it un- justifiable . The civil war , indeed , has been more discussed , and is less ...
We need not say how much we admire his public conduct . But we cannot disguise from ourselves , that a large portion of his countrymen still think it un- justifiable . The civil war , indeed , has been more discussed , and is less ...
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... brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the warm- est royalists , and to the confessions of the king himself . If there be any historian of any party who has related the events of that reign , the conduct ...
... brought against Charles by his opponents , but to the narratives of the warm- est royalists , and to the confessions of the king himself . If there be any historian of any party who has related the events of that reign , the conduct ...
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We cannot , in estimating the character of an individual , leave out of our consideration his conduct in the most important of all hu- man relations . And if in that relation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful ...
We cannot , in estimating the character of an individual , leave out of our consideration his conduct in the most important of all hu- man relations . And if in that relation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful ...
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