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... means clear that eloquence , or at least that noble and commanding species of it which we at present consider , is equally adapted to all characters and to all causes and circumstances . Eloquence , it would seem , depends , in a great ...
... means clear that eloquence , or at least that noble and commanding species of it which we at present consider , is equally adapted to all characters and to all causes and circumstances . Eloquence , it would seem , depends , in a great ...
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... mean . If your grace thinks that a kingdom consists in serving God , in obey- ing the king , in governing the commonwealth with love , in sheltering the subjects , in suppressing rebels , in exe- cuting justice , and in bridling ...
... mean . If your grace thinks that a kingdom consists in serving God , in obey- ing the king , in governing the commonwealth with love , in sheltering the subjects , in suppressing rebels , in exe- cuting justice , and in bridling ...
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... was to be secured by the nabob's putting him- self under the guarantee of France , and by the means of that rival nation preventing the English for ever from assuming an equality , much less a superiority , ELOQUENCE . 15.
... was to be secured by the nabob's putting him- self under the guarantee of France , and by the means of that rival nation preventing the English for ever from assuming an equality , much less a superiority , ELOQUENCE . 15.
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... them to break through the battalion which surrounded them : perhaps they hoped that , in dispersing themselves over the plains which they were crossing , a certain number might escape death . Every means had been taken to CALAMITIES . 29.
... them to break through the battalion which surrounded them : perhaps they hoped that , in dispersing themselves over the plains which they were crossing , a certain number might escape death . Every means had been taken to CALAMITIES . 29.
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... means had been taken to prevent this , and the Turks made no attempt to escape . Having reached the sand - hills to the south - west of Jaffa , they were halted near a pool of stagnant water . Then the officer who commanded the troops ...
... means had been taken to prevent this , and the Turks made no attempt to escape . Having reached the sand - hills to the south - west of Jaffa , they were halted near a pool of stagnant water . Then the officer who commanded the troops ...
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