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Page 32
... of Constantinople . " " I suspect , " replied the Bachelor , " that we are not very accurately informed with respect to the condition of the Greeks under the Turks . Slavery of every kind is to the free imagination of the 1 -Manners,
... of Constantinople . " " I suspect , " replied the Bachelor , " that we are not very accurately informed with respect to the condition of the Greeks under the Turks . Slavery of every kind is to the free imagination of the 1 -Manners,
Page 33
... imagination of the people of this country rightly and wisely held in dread and abhorrence ; but the thraldom which the Greeks suffer under their Mahommedan masters is rather of the nature of a caste - exclusion than a servitude . They ...
... imagination of the people of this country rightly and wisely held in dread and abhorrence ; but the thraldom which the Greeks suffer under their Mahommedan masters is rather of the nature of a caste - exclusion than a servitude . They ...
Page 67
... most diversity might be expected in the ideal world . Imagination seems to possess a boundless power of creation and combination ; and yet the beings which have their existence only in PERIODICAL LITERATURE . 67 Popular Mythology,
... most diversity might be expected in the ideal world . Imagination seems to possess a boundless power of creation and combination ; and yet the beings which have their existence only in PERIODICAL LITERATURE . 67 Popular Mythology,
Page 87
... imagination . There are few who have not remarked how completely the greatest de- formity of countenance is overlooked and forgotten after some acquaintance , especially when there are agreeable qualities of mind to counterbalance its ...
... imagination . There are few who have not remarked how completely the greatest de- formity of countenance is overlooked and forgotten after some acquaintance , especially when there are agreeable qualities of mind to counterbalance its ...
Page 88
... imagination , may be comprehended in this plain and rational position , that a homely face , though it can never produce the appropriate sensation of beauty , may yet serve as the index of so many agreeable moral qua- lities in the mind ...
... imagination , may be comprehended in this plain and rational position , that a homely face , though it can never produce the appropriate sensation of beauty , may yet serve as the index of so many agreeable moral qua- lities in the mind ...
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