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... noble calling , an honour put upon us by the God of Nations , who demands of us , as some small return for all His free bounties , that we should be , in this great crisis , the champions of Freedom and of Justice , which are the cause ...
... noble calling , an honour put upon us by the God of Nations , who demands of us , as some small return for all His free bounties , that we should be , in this great crisis , the champions of Freedom and of Justice , which are the cause ...
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... good deed unrewarded , and least of all that most noble deed , the dying like a man for the sake not merely of this land of England , but of the freedom and national life of half the world . LECTURE I. THE PTOLEMAIC ERA . BEFORE I begin to.
... good deed unrewarded , and least of all that most noble deed , the dying like a man for the sake not merely of this land of England , but of the freedom and national life of half the world . LECTURE I. THE PTOLEMAIC ERA . BEFORE I begin to.
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... Such a people , when they took to studying physical science , would be , and in fact were , incapable of Chemistry , Geognosy , Compara- tive Anatomy , or any of that noble choir of GREEK ASTRONOMY . 23 sister sciences , which are now.
... Such a people , when they took to studying physical science , would be , and in fact were , incapable of Chemistry , Geognosy , Compara- tive Anatomy , or any of that noble choir of GREEK ASTRONOMY . 23 sister sciences , which are now.
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... noble , gene- rous , and stately , " knowing well who loves him , and still better who loves him not . " He has another encomium on Ptolemy , more laboured , but not less interesting : but the real value of Theocritus lies in his powers ...
... noble , gene- rous , and stately , " knowing well who loves him , and still better who loves him not . " He has another encomium on Ptolemy , more laboured , but not less interesting : but the real value of Theocritus lies in his powers ...
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... noble examples ; and then , and not till then , we may begin to talk about philosophy , and æsthetics , and the rest . Very probably Aristarchus was right in his dislike of Crates's preference of what he called criticism , to grammar ...
... noble examples ; and then , and not till then , we may begin to talk about philosophy , and æsthetics , and the rest . Very probably Aristarchus was right in his dislike of Crates's preference of what he called criticism , to grammar ...
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