Critical and Historical EssaysLongmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1874 - 855 pagina's |
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... lived in an enlightened age ; he re- ceived a finished education , and we must therefore , if we would form a just esti- mate of his powers , make large deductions in consideration of these advantages . We venture to say , on the ...
... lived in an enlightened age ; he re- ceived a finished education , and we must therefore , if we would form a just esti- mate of his powers , make large deductions in consideration of these advantages . We venture to say , on the ...
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... lived , nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily aban- don ourselves to the illusion of the ro- mance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , surgeon , resident at Rotherhithe , tells us of pygmies and giants , flying ...
... lived , nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily aban- don ourselves to the illusion of the ro- mance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , surgeon , resident at Rotherhithe , tells us of pygmies and giants , flying ...
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... lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of man- kind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes and Ari- Traces , indeed , of the peculiar cha- manes , liberty and despotism , reason racter of Milton may ...
... lived at one of the most memorable eras in the history of man- kind , at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes and Ari- Traces , indeed , of the peculiar cha- manes , liberty and despotism , reason racter of Milton may ...
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... lived a few years longer , it is earth , and to be a by - word and a shak- probable that his institutions would ing of the head to the nations . have survived him , and that his arbi- trary practice would have died with him . His power ...
... lived a few years longer , it is earth , and to be a by - word and a shak- probable that his institutions would ing of the head to the nations . have survived him , and that his arbi- trary practice would have died with him . His power ...
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... lived “ As ever in his great task - master's eye . " Like them , he kept his mind continu- ally fixed on an Almighty Judge and an eternal reward . And hence he acquired their contempt of external That from which the public character ...
... lived “ As ever in his great task - master's eye . " Like them , he kept his mind continu- ally fixed on an Almighty Judge and an eternal reward . And hence he acquired their contempt of external That from which the public character ...
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Critical and Historical Essays, Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Volledige weergave - 1901 |
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