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... give an air of freshness to the results of a task that ne- cessarily excluded originality . To accomplish this , he has therefore not scrupled to assume opinions , which he would hesitate , in many instances , to acknowledge as his own ...
... give an air of freshness to the results of a task that ne- cessarily excluded originality . To accomplish this , he has therefore not scrupled to assume opinions , which he would hesitate , in many instances , to acknowledge as his own ...
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... give a gloss to false opinions , and to acts of treachery and injustice , as to enforce truth , or to support virtue . According to this view of the subject , there can be little doubt but that elo- quence is an evil which ought to be ...
... give a gloss to false opinions , and to acts of treachery and injustice , as to enforce truth , or to support virtue . According to this view of the subject , there can be little doubt but that elo- quence is an evil which ought to be ...
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... to resent injury . If If you succeed , you save those who cannot so much as give you thanks . " " But , " said Egeria , " perhaps you will say that this kind of eloquence belongs almost exclusively to the style ELOQUENCE . 13.
... to resent injury . If If you succeed , you save those who cannot so much as give you thanks . " " But , " said Egeria , " perhaps you will say that this kind of eloquence belongs almost exclusively to the style ELOQUENCE . 13.
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... give to a prince , at least his equal , the ordi- nary titles of respect and courtesy . From that time forward a continued plot was carried on within the divan , black and white , of the nabob of Arcot , for the destruction of Hyder Ali ...
... give to a prince , at least his equal , the ordi- nary titles of respect and courtesy . From that time forward a continued plot was carried on within the divan , black and white , of the nabob of Arcot , for the destruction of Hyder Ali ...
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... give us pleasure which reasonably ought not to do so ; but does it not arise from the satisfaction that we derive from the contemplation of the vast power exerted to produce such appalling effects ? " " Yes , " replied Egeria , " I ...
... give us pleasure which reasonably ought not to do so ; but does it not arise from the satisfaction that we derive from the contemplation of the vast power exerted to produce such appalling effects ? " " Yes , " replied Egeria , " I ...
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ancient appear Bachelor beauty Benedict breath caboceer called cataract Catiline CHAP character church Demonax Devil Don Quixote Dr Johnson dreadful Duke of Burgundy earth EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE effect English equal eyes fall FAUST feel fire friends genius Gil Blas give gold Greek hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honour human Hyder Ali imagination Ioannina Jaffa king less live look Lord magnificent manner MARGARET ment Mephistopheles merits mind morning nature never night o'er object observed Odoacer opinion ornaments palaces passages peculiar perhaps persons pleasure poet poetical poetry possess principles racter replied the Nymph respect Roman round scarcely scene sentiments Shirley Sibylline books side song Sotheby's soul spirit steam stood style sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth Warburton whole