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... interest , transient as it may be , which this work has excited . The dexterous Capuchins never choose to preach on the life and mira- cles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings of their auditors , by exhi- biting ...
... interest , transient as it may be , which this work has excited . The dexterous Capuchins never choose to preach on the life and mira- cles of a saint , till they have awakened the devotional feelings of their auditors , by exhi- biting ...
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... interest in them . They must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is every reason to believe , worshipped ...
... interest in them . They must have images . The strong tendency of the multitude in all ages and nations to idolatry can be explained on no other principle . The first inhabitants of Greece , there is every reason to believe , worshipped ...
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... interest ; but it is not the interest which is Perhaps the gods and demons of Eschylus may best bear a comparison with the angels and devils of Milton . The style of the Athe- nian had , as we have remarked , something of the vagueness ...
... interest ; but it is not the interest which is Perhaps the gods and demons of Eschylus may best bear a comparison with the angels and devils of Milton . The style of the Athe- nian had , as we have remarked , something of the vagueness ...
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... interest of the poet ; as little tricked out for the public ing_crisis of the struggle . The performance eye as his diary would have been . A victory , an expected attack upon the city , a momentary fit of depression or exultation , a ...
... interest of the poet ; as little tricked out for the public ing_crisis of the struggle . The performance eye as his diary would have been . A victory , an expected attack upon the city , a momentary fit of depression or exultation , a ...
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... interest in his character , for we of affairs , he did not assume unlimited power think that his sentence describes him with He gave the country a constitution far more perfect justice as a " tyrant , a traitor , a mur - perfect than ...
... interest in his character , for we of affairs , he did not assume unlimited power think that his sentence describes him with He gave the country a constitution far more perfect justice as a " tyrant , a traitor , a mur - perfect than ...
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