Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volumen34James Fraser, 1846 |
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... nature . They have entertained ad- miration of themselves under the titles of civilised , and of polished , where ... natural exercise of an ambitious spirit , impatient of opposition , or even of equality . The conduct and fortune of ...
... nature . They have entertained ad- miration of themselves under the titles of civilised , and of polished , where ... natural exercise of an ambitious spirit , impatient of opposition , or even of equality . The conduct and fortune of ...
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... nature been touched in vain . The seed has grown and sheltered king- doms ; the net has been let down and fed ... natural , to the history of civilisation in England , which he traces from the time of the Conquest through all its most ...
... nature been touched in vain . The seed has grown and sheltered king- doms ; the net has been let down and fed ... natural , to the history of civilisation in England , which he traces from the time of the Conquest through all its most ...
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... nature has become less cruel . The scaffold is not so often used , the stake is not visible , the fagot is no longer lighted , the various instruments of torture , with the rack and wheel , are preserved only as objects of curiosity in ...
... nature has become less cruel . The scaffold is not so often used , the stake is not visible , the fagot is no longer lighted , the various instruments of torture , with the rack and wheel , are preserved only as objects of curiosity in ...
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... nature , as unlike the caricature of it to which I had been hitherto accus- tomed , and of which I had been the dupe , as the picturesque lakes and leafy groves amid whose free and wholesome beauties I had been wan- dering , were to the ...
... nature , as unlike the caricature of it to which I had been hitherto accus- tomed , and of which I had been the dupe , as the picturesque lakes and leafy groves amid whose free and wholesome beauties I had been wan- dering , were to the ...
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... nature that rung a warning in my ears ? But I was young and hopeful then , and was full of wild and ambitious dreams for the baby - sister that I had reared . At least , I never thought of myself ; I couldn't afford to do that . The ...
... nature that rung a warning in my ears ? But I was young and hopeful then , and was full of wild and ambitious dreams for the baby - sister that I had reared . At least , I never thought of myself ; I couldn't afford to do that . The ...
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