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Page 13
... equally blind submission . cure is freedom ! When a prisoner leaves his cell , he cannot bear the light of day ; -he is unable to discriminate colours , or recognise faces . But the remedy is not to remand him into his dungeon , but to ...
... equally blind submission . cure is freedom ! When a prisoner leaves his cell , he cannot bear the light of day ; -he is unable to discriminate colours , or recognise faces . But the remedy is not to remand him into his dungeon , but to ...
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... equally bloodless absence of mental resources , they beguiled combats , make up the military history of Italy their leisure . But , in the Northern States of during the course of nearly two centuries . Italy , as we have already ...
... equally bloodless absence of mental resources , they beguiled combats , make up the military history of Italy their leisure . But , in the Northern States of during the course of nearly two centuries . Italy , as we have already ...
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... equally skilled in posed , till a sure aim is taken ; and then he strikes for the first and last time . Military courage , the boast of the sottish German , the frivolous and prating Frenchman , the roman- tic and arrogant Spaniard , he ...
... equally skilled in posed , till a sure aim is taken ; and then he strikes for the first and last time . Military courage , the boast of the sottish German , the frivolous and prating Frenchman , the roman- tic and arrogant Spaniard , he ...
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... equally indifferent to its welfare , and equally greedy for its spoils . Florence , as yet , had only to endure degradation and ex- tortion , to submit to the mandate of foreign powers , to buy over and over again , at an enormous price ...
... equally indifferent to its welfare , and equally greedy for its spoils . Florence , as yet , had only to endure degradation and ex- tortion , to submit to the mandate of foreign powers , to buy over and over again , at an enormous price ...
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... equally discernible in the Discourses , we have already given our opinion at length . We have attempted to show that it belonged rather to the age than to the man ; that it was a par- tial taint , and by no means implied general ...
... equally discernible in the Discourses , we have already given our opinion at length . We have attempted to show that it belonged rather to the age than to the man ; that it was a par- tial taint , and by no means implied general ...
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