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... doubt can exist , that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his majesty to edit and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of this task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his ...
... doubt can exist , that it is a genuine relic of the great poet . Mr. Sumner , who was commanded by his majesty to edit and translate the treatise , has acquitted himself of this task in a manner honourable to his talents and to his ...
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... doubt that this veneration for the Athenian , whether just or not , was injurious to the Sam- son Agonistes . Had he taken schylus for his model , he would have given himself up to the lyric inspiration , and poured out profusely all ...
... doubt that this veneration for the Athenian , whether just or not , was injurious to the Sam- son Agonistes . Had he taken schylus for his model , he would have given himself up to the lyric inspiration , and poured out profusely all ...
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... doubt passed salutary laws . But what assurance had they that he would not break them ? He had renounced oppres sive prerogatives . But where was the security that he would not resume them ? They had deal with a man whom no tie could ...
... doubt passed salutary laws . But what assurance had they that he would not break them ? He had renounced oppres sive prerogatives . But where was the security that he would not resume them ? They had deal with a man whom no tie could ...
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... doubt , at first sight , extraordinary . But all the circumstances in which the country was then placed were extraordinary . The ambition of Oliver was of no vulgar kind . He never seems to have coveted despotic power . He at first ...
... doubt , at first sight , extraordinary . But all the circumstances in which the country was then placed were extraordinary . The ambition of Oliver was of no vulgar kind . He never seems to have coveted despotic power . He at first ...
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... doubt , who fairly compares the events of the protectorate with those of the thirty years which succeeded it - the darkest and most disgraceful in the English annals . Cromwell was evidently laying , though in an irregular manner , the ...
... doubt , who fairly compares the events of the protectorate with those of the thirty years which succeeded it - the darkest and most disgraceful in the English annals . Cromwell was evidently laying , though in an irregular manner , the ...
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