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... important of all human relations . And if in that relation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful , we shall take the liberty to call him a bad man , in spite of all his temperance at table , and all his regularity at ...
... important of all human relations . And if in that relation we find him to have been selfish , cruel , and deceitful , we shall take the liberty to call him a bad man , in spite of all his temperance at table , and all his regularity at ...
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... important . He was desirous that the people should think for themselves as well as tax themselves , and be emancipated from the dominion of preju- dice as well as from that of Charles . He knew that those who , with the best intentions ...
... important . He was desirous that the people should think for themselves as well as tax themselves , and be emancipated from the dominion of preju- dice as well as from that of Charles . He knew that those who , with the best intentions ...
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... importance , he acquitted him . self with great dexterity . His despatches form one of the most amusing and ... important occasions Ma site factions were carried on , not as formerly chiavelli was admitted to his society ; once ...
... importance , he acquitted him . self with great dexterity . His despatches form one of the most amusing and ... important occasions Ma site factions were carried on , not as formerly chiavelli was admitted to his society ; once ...
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... important transaction . The account which Thucydides has given of the retreat from Syracuse is , among narratives , what Vandyck's Lerd Straf ford is among paintings . Diversity , it is said , implies error ; truth one , and admits of ...
... important transaction . The account which Thucydides has given of the retreat from Syracuse is , among narratives , what Vandyck's Lerd Straf ford is among paintings . Diversity , it is said , implies error ; truth one , and admits of ...
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... important part of the busi- ness of an historian , is not the whole . To append a moral to a work of fiction , is either useless or superfluous . A fiction may give a more impressive effect to what is already known , but it can teach ...
... important part of the busi- ness of an historian , is not the whole . To append a moral to a work of fiction , is either useless or superfluous . A fiction may give a more impressive effect to what is already known , but it can teach ...
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