Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... of a mightier hand . The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged - on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and darkness looked with 50 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... of a mightier hand . The very meanest of them was a being to whose fate a mysterious and terrible importance belonged - on whose slightest actions the spirits of light and darkness looked with 50 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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... important . He was desirous that the people should think for themselves as well as tax themselves , and be eman- cipated from the dominion of prejudice as well as from that of Charles . He knew that those who , with the best intentions ...
... important . He was desirous that the people should think for themselves as well as tax themselves , and be eman- cipated from the dominion of prejudice as well as from that of Charles . He knew that those who , with the best intentions ...
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... importance which the population of the towns , from a very early period , began to acquire . Some cities , founded in wild and remote situations , by fugitives who had escaped from the rage of the barbarians , preserved their freedom by ...
... importance which the population of the towns , from a very early period , began to acquire . Some cities , founded in wild and remote situations , by fugitives who had escaped from the rage of the barbarians , preserved their freedom by ...
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... important political transactions could have done . To collect books and antiques , to found pro- fessorships , to patronise men of learning , became almost universal fashions among the great . The spirit of literary research allied ...
... important political transactions could have done . To collect books and antiques , to found pro- fessorships , to patronise men of learning , became almost universal fashions among the great . The spirit of literary research allied ...
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... important branch of war became a separate profession . Beyond the Alps , indeed , though a profession , it was not generally a trade . It was the duty and the amusement of a large class of country gentlemen . It was the service by which ...
... important branch of war became a separate profession . Beyond the Alps , indeed , though a profession , it was not generally a trade . It was the duty and the amusement of a large class of country gentlemen . It was the service by which ...
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