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... objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as to present a picture to the mental eye ... object of adoration . Perhaps none of the secondary causes which Gibbon has as- signed for the rapidity with which ...
... objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as to present a picture to the mental eye ... object of adoration . Perhaps none of the secondary causes which Gibbon has as- signed for the rapidity with which ...
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... objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as to present a picture to the mental eye ... object of adoration . Perhaps none of the secondary causes which Gibbon has as- signed for the rapidity with which ...
... objects . They are the materials which he is to dispose in such a manner as to present a picture to the mental eye ... object of adoration . Perhaps none of the secondary causes which Gibbon has as- signed for the rapidity with which ...
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... object was to render it as small as possible . We censure the chiefs of the army for not yielding to the popular opinion but we cannot censure Milton for wishing to change that opinion . The very feeling , which would have restrained us ...
... object was to render it as small as possible . We censure the chiefs of the army for not yielding to the popular opinion but we cannot censure Milton for wishing to change that opinion . The very feeling , which would have restrained us ...
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... object , he attacked the licensing system in that sublime treatise which every statesman should wear as a sign upon ... objects which Mil- ton justly conceived to be the most important . He was desirous that the people should think for ...
... object , he attacked the licensing system in that sublime treatise which every statesman should wear as a sign upon ... objects which Mil- ton justly conceived to be the most important . He was desirous that the people should think for ...
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... object was at stake , his dis- In this respect no history suggests more im- position was soft and humane . The suscepti portant reflections than that of the Tuscan and bility of his nerves , and the activity of his Lombard commonwealths ...
... object was at stake , his dis- In this respect no history suggests more im- position was soft and humane . The suscepti portant reflections than that of the Tuscan and bility of his nerves , and the activity of his Lombard commonwealths ...
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