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... and judicious selection in " The Scrap Book , " has rendered this inexpedient . It was also thought , and the reader will not be back- ward in acknowledging the propriety of the opinion , that there are many gems , both in prose and.
... and judicious selection in " The Scrap Book , " has rendered this inexpedient . It was also thought , and the reader will not be back- ward in acknowledging the propriety of the opinion , that there are many gems , both in prose and.
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... opinions , which he would hesitate , in many instances , to acknowledge as his own , and also to maintain paradoxes , calculated rather to excite re- flection than to induce persuasion ; at the same time , nothing will be found either ...
... opinions , which he would hesitate , in many instances , to acknowledge as his own , and also to maintain paradoxes , calculated rather to excite re- flection than to induce persuasion ; at the same time , nothing will be found either ...
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... 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 banished from the ...
... 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 banished from the ...
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... opinion concerning him . It is just , there- fore , that I should repeat the motives which were en- forced at the time , to authorise a determination so cruel as that which decided the fate of the prisoners at Jaffa . Behold then the ...
... opinion concerning him . It is just , there- fore , that I should repeat the motives which were en- forced at the time , to authorise a determination so cruel as that which decided the fate of the prisoners at Jaffa . Behold then the ...
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... opinion : Who can enjoy himself , maugre the throng That strive to press his quiet out of him : Who sits upon Jove's footstool , as I do , Adoring , not affecting , majesty : Whose brow is wreathed with the silver crown Of clear content ...
... opinion : Who can enjoy himself , maugre the throng That strive to press his quiet out of him : Who sits upon Jove's footstool , as I do , Adoring , not affecting , majesty : Whose brow is wreathed with the silver crown Of clear content ...
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