Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volúmenes3-4Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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... tion and calls to repentance in the ears of the victorious gambler , who lay sweating with fear all night , and re- funded his winnings on his knees next day . " Many other the like merry jests , " says his old BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 3.
... tion and calls to repentance in the ears of the victorious gambler , who lay sweating with fear all night , and re- funded his winnings on his knees next day . " Many other the like merry jests , " says his old BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES . 3.
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... tion , were produced by the spirit of democracy . But , when we hear men zealous for the Protestant religion , constantly represent the French Revolution as radically and essentially evil on account of those crimes and excesses , we ...
... tion , were produced by the spirit of democracy . But , when we hear men zealous for the Protestant religion , constantly represent the French Revolution as radically and essentially evil on account of those crimes and excesses , we ...
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... tion of those rules is , that every Afghan approves them , and that every Afghan is a soldier . The monarchy of England in the sixteenth century was a monarchy of this kind . It is called an absolute monarchy , because little respect ...
... tion of those rules is , that every Afghan approves them , and that every Afghan is a soldier . The monarchy of England in the sixteenth century was a monarchy of this kind . It is called an absolute monarchy , because little respect ...
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... tion which they described as absolutely perfect , and to which they predicted immortality , — disappeared in a few months , and left no trace behind it . They were great only in the work of destruction . The glory of the National ...
... tion which they described as absolutely perfect , and to which they predicted immortality , — disappeared in a few months , and left no trace behind it . They were great only in the work of destruction . The glory of the National ...
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... tion was , on the other hand , the most horrible event recorded in history , - all madness and wickedness , — . absurdity in theory , and atrocity in practice . What folly and injustice in the revolutionary laws ! What grotesque ...
... tion was , on the other hand , the most horrible event recorded in history , - all madness and wickedness , — . absurdity in theory , and atrocity in practice . What folly and injustice in the revolutionary laws ! What grotesque ...
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