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... opinion but we cannot censure Milton for wishing to change that opinion . The very feeling , which would have restrained us from committing the act , would have led us , after it had been committed , to defend it against the ravings of ...
... opinion but we cannot censure Milton for wishing to change that opinion . The very feeling , which would have restrained us from committing the act , would have led us , after it had been committed , to defend it against the ravings of ...
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... opinion seemed likely to prevail , he passed on to other sub- jects , and abandoned prelacy to the crowd of writers ... opinions must respect the hardihood with which he maintained them . He , in general , left to others the credit of ...
... opinion seemed likely to prevail , he passed on to other sub- jects , and abandoned prelacy to the crowd of writers ... opinions must respect the hardihood with which he maintained them . He , in general , left to others the credit of ...
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... opinion is merely a vice . The evil terminates in itself . A vice condemned by the general opinion pro- duces a pernicious effect on the whole charac ter . The former is a local malady , the latter a constitutional taint . When the ...
... opinion is merely a vice . The evil terminates in itself . A vice condemned by the general opinion pro- duces a pernicious effect on the whole charac ter . The former is a local malady , the latter a constitutional taint . When the ...
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... opinions of the writer are put into the mouth of Fabrizio Colonna , a powerful nobleman of the Ecclesi- astical ... opinion ; but we are cer tain that his book is most able and interesting As a commentary on the history of his times ...
... opinions of the writer are put into the mouth of Fabrizio Colonna , a powerful nobleman of the Ecclesi- astical ... opinion ; but we are cer tain that his book is most able and interesting As a commentary on the history of his times ...
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... opinion which , under such circumstances , could hardly be called erroneous . The interests of every in- dividual were inseparably bound up with those of the state . An invasion destroyed his corn- fields and vineyards , drove him from ...
... opinion which , under such circumstances , could hardly be called erroneous . The interests of every in- dividual were inseparably bound up with those of the state . An invasion destroyed his corn- fields and vineyards , drove him from ...
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