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... honour had been a hundred times pawned - and never redeemed . Here , indeed , the Long Parliament stands on still stronger ground than the Convention of 1688 No action of James can be compared for wickedness and impudence to the conduct ...
... honour had been a hundred times pawned - and never redeemed . Here , indeed , the Long Parliament stands on still stronger ground than the Convention of 1688 No action of James can be compared for wickedness and impudence to the conduct ...
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... honour , the prejudices of childhood , and the venerable names of his- tory , threw over them a spell potent as that of Duessa ; and , like the Red - Cross Knight , they thought that they were doing battle for an in- jured beauty ...
... honour , the prejudices of childhood , and the venerable names of his- tory , threw over them a spell potent as that of Duessa ; and , like the Red - Cross Knight , they thought that they were doing battle for an in- jured beauty ...
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... honour . He kisses the beautiful deceiver before he destroys her . That from which the public character of Milton derives its great and peculiar splendour still remains to be mentioned . If he exerted himself to overthrow a foresworn ...
... honour . He kisses the beautiful deceiver before he destroys her . That from which the public character of Milton derives its great and peculiar splendour still remains to be mentioned . If he exerted himself to overthrow a foresworn ...
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... honour in other countries , ingenuity became the point of honour in Italy . From these principles were deduced , by pro- cesses strictly analogous , two opposite sys- ! So wide was the difference between the Italians and 24 MACAULAY'S ...
... honour in other countries , ingenuity became the point of honour in Italy . From these principles were deduced , by pro- cesses strictly analogous , two opposite sys- ! So wide was the difference between the Italians and 24 MACAULAY'S ...
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... honour- able means are - the surest , the speediest , and the darkest . He cannot comprehend how a man should scruple to deceive him whom he does not scruple to destroy . He would think it madness to declare open hostilities against a ...
... honour- able means are - the surest , the speediest , and the darkest . He cannot comprehend how a man should scruple to deceive him whom he does not scruple to destroy . He would think it madness to declare open hostilities against a ...
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