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... believe in that most orthodox article of literary faith , that the earliest poets are generally the best , should wonder at the rule as if it were the exception . Surely the uni formity of the phenomenon indicates a corres ponding ...
... believe in that most orthodox article of literary faith , that the earliest poets are generally the best , should wonder at the rule as if it were the exception . Surely the uni formity of the phenomenon indicates a corres ponding ...
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... believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the ne- cessity of having something more definite to adore produced , in a few centuries , the innu . merable crowd of gods and goddesses . In like manner the ancient Persians thought it im ...
... believe , worshipped one invisible Deity . But the ne- cessity of having something more definite to adore produced , in a few centuries , the innu . merable crowd of gods and goddesses . In like manner the ancient Persians thought it im ...
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... believe that he was poetically in the right . This task , which almost any other writer would have found impracticable , was easy to him . The peculiar art which he pos- sessed of communicating his meaning circuit- ously , through a ...
... believe that he was poetically in the right . This task , which almost any other writer would have found impracticable , was easy to him . The peculiar art which he pos- sessed of communicating his meaning circuit- ously , through a ...
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... believe that , if James had held his own religious opinions without wishing to make proselytes ; or if , wishing even to make proselytes , he had con- tented himself with exerting only his cons ... tional influence for that purpose ...
... believe that , if James had held his own religious opinions without wishing to make proselytes ; or if , wishing even to make proselytes , he had con- tented himself with exerting only his cons ... tional influence for that purpose ...
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... ed power which was absolutely necessary to his personal safety , then , it must be acknowledged , he adopted a more arbitrary policy . ret , though we believe that the intentions | vernment 14 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... ed power which was absolutely necessary to his personal safety , then , it must be acknowledged , he adopted a more arbitrary policy . ret , though we believe that the intentions | vernment 14 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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