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... may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more influence his poetry . properly so called , than the notions good ones - but little poetry . Men will judge 2 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
... may never think about the matter at all . His creed on such subjects will no more influence his poetry . properly so called , than the notions good ones - but little poetry . Men will judge 2 MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS .
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... matter . These charges , were they infinite- of the Petition of Right , after having , for goodly more important , would not alter our opinion and valuable consideration , promised to ob- of an event , which alone has made us to differ ...
... matter . These charges , were they infinite- of the Petition of Right , after having , for goodly more important , would not alter our opinion and valuable consideration , promised to ob- of an event , which alone has made us to differ ...
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... matter of perfect indif- ference . He was for the highest wages and the longest term . When the campaign for which he had contracted was finished , there was neither law nor punctilio to prevent him from instantly turring his arms ...
... matter of perfect indif- ference . He was for the highest wages and the longest term . When the campaign for which he had contracted was finished , there was neither law nor punctilio to prevent him from instantly turring his arms ...
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... matter or in manner , than that of the Athenians . The style of Cleon is as pure , as austere , as terse , and as significant , as that of Pericles . In spite of this great fault , it must be allow- ed that Thucydides has surpassed all ...
... matter or in manner , than that of the Athenians . The style of Cleon is as pure , as austere , as terse , and as significant , as that of Pericles . In spite of this great fault , it must be allow- ed that Thucydides has surpassed all ...
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... matter is much mended by the so- lemn form with which the pluralist passes from one of his employments to the other . This course , as it seems to us , has To make the past present , to bring the dis- all the disadvantages of a division ...
... matter is much mended by the so- lemn form with which the pluralist passes from one of his employments to the other . This course , as it seems to us , has To make the past present , to bring the dis- all the disadvantages of a division ...
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