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... mean , the art of employing words in such a manner as to pro- duce an illusion on the imagination : the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colours . Thus the greatest of poets has described it , in lines ...
... mean , the art of employing words in such a manner as to pro- duce an illusion on the imagination : the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colours . Thus the greatest of poets has described it , in lines ...
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... means of evil . ” kingdom . " Every man , therefore , who ap proves of the Revolution of 1688 , must hold that the breach of fundamental laws on the part of the sovereign justifies resistance . The question then is this : Had Charles I ...
... means of evil . ” kingdom . " Every man , therefore , who ap proves of the Revolution of 1688 , must hold that the breach of fundamental laws on the part of the sovereign justifies resistance . The question then is this : Had Charles I ...
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... means . They went through the world like Sir Artegale's iron man Talus with his flail , crushing and trampling down oppressors , mingling with human beings , but having nei- ther part nor lot in human infirmities ; insensi- ble to ...
... means . They went through the world like Sir Artegale's iron man Talus with his flail , crushing and trampling down oppressors , mingling with human beings , but having nei- ther part nor lot in human infirmities ; insensi- ble to ...
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... 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 rival whom he ...
... 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 rival whom he ...
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... means of restoring it . The institution of the Florentine militia is ably defended ; and se- veral improvements are suggested in the details . habits were pacific , he studied with intense assiduity the theory of war . He made himself ...
... means of restoring it . The institution of the Florentine militia is ably defended ; and se- veral improvements are suggested in the details . habits were pacific , he studied with intense assiduity the theory of war . He made himself ...
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