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... conduct and diction , bears a considerable re- semblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytem ...
... conduct and diction , bears a considerable re- semblance to some of his dramas . Considered as plays , his works are absurd : considered as choruses , they are above all praise . If , for instance , we examine the address of Clytem ...
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... conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high , and an intellect so powerful . He lived at one of he most memorable eras in the history of man- ind ; at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes and ...
... conduct was such as was to be expected from a man of a spirit so high , and an intellect so powerful . He lived at one of he most memorable eras in the history of man- ind ; at the very crisis of the great conflict between Oromasdes and ...
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... conduct of Charles with respect to the Petition of Right . The lords and commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent ...
... conduct of Charles with respect to the Petition of Right . The lords and commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent ...
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... conduct of Milton and the other wise expensive luxury , nothing is to be seen but in- and good men who , in spite of much that was toxication . Soon , however , plenty teaches dis- ridiculous and hateful in the conduct of their cretion ...
... conduct of Milton and the other wise expensive luxury , nothing is to be seen but in- and good men who , in spite of much that was toxication . Soon , however , plenty teaches dis- ridiculous and hateful in the conduct of their cretion ...
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... conduct during the administration of the Protector . That an enthusiastic votary of liberty should accept office under a military usurper , seems , no doubt , at first sight , extraordinary . But all the circumstances in which the ...
... conduct during the administration of the Protector . That an enthusiastic votary of liberty should accept office under a military usurper , seems , no doubt , at first sight , extraordinary . But all the circumstances in which the ...
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