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... lived in an enlightened age ; he received a finished edu- cation ; and we must therefore , if we would form a just estimate of his powers , make large deductions for these advantages . We venture to say , on the contrary , para- doxical ...
... lived in an enlightened age ; he received a finished edu- cation ; and we must therefore , if we would form a just estimate of his powers , make large deductions for these advantages . We venture to say , on the contrary , para- doxical ...
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... lived , nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily abandon ourselves to the illusion of the ro- mance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , surgeon , now actually resident at Rotherhithe , tells us of pigmies and giants ...
... lived , nobody knows when , saw many very strange sights , and we can easily abandon ourselves to the illusion of the ro- mance . But when Lemuel Gulliver , surgeon , now actually resident at Rotherhithe , tells us of pigmies and giants ...
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... lived at one of he most memorable eras in the history of man- and ; at the very crisis of the great conflict etween Oromasdes and Arimanes - liberty nd despotism , reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single genera ...
... lived at one of he most memorable eras in the history of man- and ; at the very crisis of the great conflict etween Oromasdes and Arimanes - liberty nd despotism , reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single genera ...
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... lived a few years longer , it is probable that his institutions would have sur- vived him , and that his arbitrary practice would have died with him . His power had not been consecrated by any ancient preju- dices . It was upheld only ...
... lived a few years longer , it is probable that his institutions would have sur- vived him , and that his arbitrary practice would have died with him . His power had not been consecrated by any ancient preju- dices . It was upheld only ...
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... lived We now come to the Royalists . We shall attempt to speak of them , as we have spoken of their antagonists , with perfect candour . We " As ever in his great Taskmaster's eye . " shall not charge upon a whole party the profli- gacy ...
... lived We now come to the Royalists . We shall attempt to speak of them , as we have spoken of their antagonists , with perfect candour . We " As ever in his great Taskmaster's eye . " shall not charge upon a whole party the profli- gacy ...
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