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... spirit common to all mankind , which can seldom be excited but in a good cause . No man becomes eloquent but by having his mind roused and agitated by some ennobling sentiment or passion , which he communicates by sympathy to his ...
... spirit common to all mankind , which can seldom be excited but in a good cause . No man becomes eloquent but by having his mind roused and agitated by some ennobling sentiment or passion , which he communicates by sympathy to his ...
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... spirit of their interior government , permit me to observe to you , upon a few of the many lines of dif- ference which are to be found between the vices of the Company's government , and those of the conquerors who preceded us in India ...
... spirit of their interior government , permit me to observe to you , upon a few of the many lines of dif- ference which are to be found between the vices of the Company's government , and those of the conquerors who preceded us in India ...
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... spirits appeared to defy death ; you saw in their tran- quillity the confidence which in these last moments was inspired by their religion , and the hope of a happy here- after . They seemed to say , I quit this world to go and enjoy ...
... spirits appeared to defy death ; you saw in their tran- quillity the confidence which in these last moments was inspired by their religion , and the hope of a happy here- after . They seemed to say , I quit this world to go and enjoy ...
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... spirit of Andrugio , where'er thou hoverest , ( Airy intellect ) I heave up tapers to thee ( view thy son ) , On celebration of due obsequies . Once every night I'll dew thy funeral hearse With my religious tears . O blessed father of a ...
... spirit of Andrugio , where'er thou hoverest , ( Airy intellect ) I heave up tapers to thee ( view thy son ) , On celebration of due obsequies . Once every night I'll dew thy funeral hearse With my religious tears . O blessed father of a ...
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... spirits Of such as are impatient of the rest , And wring beneath some private discontent : But past all these , there are a number more Of these state - criticisms , that our personal view May profitably make , which cannot fall Within ...
... spirits Of such as are impatient of the rest , And wring beneath some private discontent : But past all these , there are a number more Of these state - criticisms , that our personal view May profitably make , which cannot fall Within ...
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