Critical and miscellaneous essays, Volumen1Carey, 1852 |
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... dangerous , was also to be avoided . The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the con- trol of their opinions . The most exquisite art of a poetical colouring can produce no illusion when it is employed to represent that ...
... dangerous , was also to be avoided . The imaginations of men are in a great measure under the con- trol of their opinions . The most exquisite art of a poetical colouring can produce no illusion when it is employed to represent that ...
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... danger of being deprived of the restricted power which was absolutely necessary to his personal safety , then , it must be acknowledged , he adopted a more arbitrary policy . Yet , though we believe that the intentions of Cromwell were ...
... danger of being deprived of the restricted power which was absolutely necessary to his personal safety , then , it must be acknowledged , he adopted a more arbitrary policy . Yet , though we believe that the intentions of Cromwell were ...
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... danger and of corruption . It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends , but never to choose unwise means . They went through the world like Sir Artegale's iron man Talus with his flail , crushing and trampling down oppressors ...
... danger and of corruption . It sometimes might lead them to pursue unwise ends , but never to choose unwise means . They went through the world like Sir Artegale's iron man Talus with his flail , crushing and trampling down oppressors ...
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... looked down on temptation and dangers , the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants , and the faith which he so sternly kept with his country and with his fame . Machiavelli . [ Edinburgh Review . ] THOSE who have MILTON . 59.
... looked down on temptation and dangers , the deadly hatred which he bore to bigots and tyrants , and the faith which he so sternly kept with his country and with his fame . Machiavelli . [ Edinburgh Review . ] THOSE who have MILTON . 59.
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... dangerous course left to a government is to form that class into a standing army . It is scarcely possible that men can pass their lives in the service of a single state , without feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories ...
... dangerous course left to a government is to form that class into a standing army . It is scarcely possible that men can pass their lives in the service of a single state , without feeling some interest in its greatness . Its victories ...
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