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Page 14
... death by men who had understood how vast an interval separates the been exasperated by the hostilities of several ... deaths , secessions , We do not , we repeat , approve of the execu- and expulsions , were desirous to appropriate tion ...
... death by men who had understood how vast an interval separates the been exasperated by the hostilities of several ... deaths , secessions , We do not , we repeat , approve of the execu- and expulsions , were desirous to appropriate tion ...
Page 16
... Death's head and the Fool's head , and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure . The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and ...
... Death's head and the Fool's head , and fix our choice on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure . The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and ...
Page 34
... death of Lo- renzo de Medici . Machiavelli had , it seems , intended to continue it to a later period . But his death prevented the execution of his de- sign ; and the melancholy task of recording the desolation and shame of Italy ...
... death of Lo- renzo de Medici . Machiavelli had , it seems , intended to continue it to a later period . But his death prevented the execution of his de- sign ; and the melancholy task of recording the desolation and shame of Italy ...
Page 48
... death , Dryden alto- gether ceased to write for the stage . He had turned his powers in a new direction , with success the most splendid and decisive . His taste had gradually awakened his creative fa- culties . The first rank in poetry ...
... death , Dryden alto- gether ceased to write for the stage . He had turned his powers in a new direction , with success the most splendid and decisive . His taste had gradually awakened his creative fa- culties . The first rank in poetry ...
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... death on this strange compound of strength and weakness ; to exhi- bit the old sovereign of the world sinking into a dotage which , though it rendered his appe- tites eccentric and his temper savage , never impaired the powers of his ...
... death on this strange compound of strength and weakness ; to exhi- bit the old sovereign of the world sinking into a dotage which , though it rendered his appe- tites eccentric and his temper savage , never impaired the powers of his ...
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