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... readers blame us if , on an occasion like the present , we turn for a short time from the topics of the day to commemorate , in all love and reve- rence , the genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the ...
... readers blame us if , on an occasion like the present , we turn for a short time from the topics of the day to commemorate , in all love and reve- rence , the genius and virtues of John Milton , the poet , the statesman , the ...
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... readers almost miraculous . Such feelings are very rare in a civilized community , and most rare among those who participate most in its improve- ments . They linger longest among the pea- santry . which a painter may have conceived ...
... readers almost miraculous . Such feelings are very rare in a civilized community , and most rare among those who participate most in its improve- ments . They linger longest among the pea- santry . which a painter may have conceived ...
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... reader of our age and country this incon- fessed without the slightest circumlocution , sistency is , at first , perfectly ... readers should regard the author of such a book as the most depraved and shameless of human beings . Wise men ...
... reader of our age and country this incon- fessed without the slightest circumlocution , sistency is , at first , perfectly ... readers should regard the author of such a book as the most depraved and shameless of human beings . Wise men ...
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... readers were foremost in the battle or the breach , were most willing to learn . But they are not there- far his inferiors . Even the dangers which he fore useless . How Philip disposed his troops avoided , with a caution almost ...
... readers were foremost in the battle or the breach , were most willing to learn . But they are not there- far his inferiors . Even the dangers which he fore useless . How Philip disposed his troops avoided , with a caution almost ...
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... reader sometimes a little ludi- crous . Heroes and statesmen seem to lisp when they use it . It becomes Nicias incom ... readers to blind to the merits of this striking piece . It understand what we mean when we say that , was acted at ...
... reader sometimes a little ludi- crous . Heroes and statesmen seem to lisp when they use it . It becomes Nicias incom ... readers to blind to the merits of this striking piece . It understand what we mean when we say that , was acted at ...
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